Re:The Duct Tape Programmer (2009)
by KaiserPro on Sunday January 10, 2021 @01:23PM
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Not really.
You're assuming that ductape == bad. What your describing is someone writing bad code, not someone gaffertaping a bunch of modules together to make the _more important_ code work. (instead of re-writing a whole bunch of things to make stuff more "idiomatic" )
This is where innovation tokens come in. You have one innovation token per project, you can spend it on the thing you actually need, or some pointless part of the system that you're bored with maintaining.
You're assuming that ductape == bad. What your describing is someone writing bad code, not someone gaffertaping a bunch of modules together to make the _more important_ code work. (instead of re-writing a whole bunch of things to make stuff more "idiomatic" )
This is where innovation tokens come in. You have one innovation token per project, you can spend it on the thing you actually need, or some pointless part of the system that you're bored with maintaining.