Re:That coworker who never stops refactoring
by simonw on Tuesday August 11, 2020 @10:45AM
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I'm not saying refactoring is bad. I'm saying that in my experience engineers who "never stop refactoring" (the topic of this post) frequently do it badly and cause more harm than they actual long-term code improvements.
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Re:That coworker who never stops refactoring
by cameronfraser on Tuesday August 11, 2020 @10:47AM
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I have had the opposite experience which is more in line with the author of the article. Most coworkers I've had that refactor a lot were the best technical coders on the team and we're usually refactoring other people's short sightedness.
Re:That coworker who never stops refactoring
by schwartzworld on Wednesday August 12, 2020 @08:12PM
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If you do a lot of refactoring you get better at it. You learn to write code that is easily refactorable, so that it doesn't hurt to refactor it again later.