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Re:When hiring developers, have the candidate read existing ... by hinkley on Saturday April 16, 2022 @02:12AM (#31049993)
> superficial things such as names, package structure

These two are not superficial, though. Naming things is one of the Hardest Things, and that and structure tell you if you're in the right spot trying to track down a bug or add a feature.

Every debugging session should not be an adventure.

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Re:When hiring developers, have the candidate read existing ... by doctor_eval on Saturday April 16, 2022 @04:25AM (#31050657)
Well certainly I agree that naming is important. It’s up there with cache consistency and off-by-one errors as one of the two most difficult problems in computer science.
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