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Re:Software development is a loser’s game by freedomben on Thursday April 01, 2021 @11:11AM (#26661414)
One of the best experiences I had that humbled me was getting irritated by the inconvenient/obscure code I was dealing with. It was clever as hell, but impossible to understand and even harder to work on. It wasn't buggy but we needed to add a new feature and it clearly didn't anticipate that. I spent hours cursing the bastard who wrote it. Finally after I was done and checked in the changes, I looked to see who had written the original code. It was me.
Re:Software development is a loser’s game by sethammons on Thursday April 01, 2021 @11:32AM (#26661757)
Oh yeah, I’ve done that one a few times. However! I’ve also had a couple of cases where I was really happy with whoever had written something only to find out it was also me. Very rewarding.
Re:Software development is a loser’s game by freedomben on Thursday April 01, 2021 @11:46AM (#26661978)
Indeed, that has happened to me as well. I chalked it up to me just liking my own style though. But yeah it's awesome to work on code I wrote and think, "wow, what a thoughtful design!"
Re:Software development is a loser’s game by duxup on Thursday April 01, 2021 @11:12AM (#26661429)
>I looked to see who had written the original code

Oh man that guy is the WORST.