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Re:Ask HN: What change in your programming technique has bee... by speedplane on Friday January 24, 2020 @02:05AM (#22136020)
> Once the mess becomes a burden, it's a good time to clean up.

Definitely the way to go. It's not a problem until it's a problem.

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Re:Ask HN: What change in your programming technique has bee... by akavel on Friday January 24, 2020 @03:34AM (#22136434)
Still, you may want to be careful with this attitude, as some people have... let's call it, high tolerance to mess. When you stumble over something every time you enter your room, but proudly proclaim "not a burden, works for me, all under control!", then you "suddenly" need to add a huge feature quickly, having a clean room can help to do it in shorter timeframe.
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Re:Ask HN: What change in your programming technique has bee... by phonebucket on Friday January 24, 2020 @05:49AM (#22137005)
> It's not a problem until it's a problem.

I see it as a problem waiting to happen until it happens.

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Re:Ask HN: What change in your programming technique has bee... by muzani on Friday January 24, 2020 @11:46AM (#22139904)
A part of engineering is evaluating the damage of the problem happening vs risk vs cost of preventing the problem.
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