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Re:Controversial Programming Opinions (2012) by pc86 on Friday December 04, 2020 @04:03PM (#25307936)
I don't think the fact that it worked for one guy (or more accurately, that he adjusted his workflow according to this rule) makes it a good rule by definition.
Re:Controversial Programming Opinions (2012) by Brian_K_White on Friday December 04, 2020 @05:19PM (#25308994)
It's not that they contorted their workflow to satisfy some arbitrary rules, it's that the fact of the dependable consistent rule made it possible for them to formulate an efficient dependable consistent workflow at all.