Ask HN: Given two repos of code, what criteria would you use to grade quality?

Re:Ask HN: Given two repos of code, what criteria would you ... by solomatov on Tuesday November 15, 2022 @10:46PM (#33618584)

Also, if you have time, implement the same small feature in both codebases. You will quickly understand which code is easier to work with.

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Re:Ask HN: Given two repos of code, what criteria would you ... by atom_arranger on Tuesday November 15, 2022 @11:54PM (#33619033)

This is a good one. Also think about how confident you are you aren't breaking anything with your new feature, and how confident you would be that the next person won't break your feature.

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Re:Ask HN: Given two repos of code, what criteria would you ... by muzani on Wednesday November 16, 2022 @12:06AM (#33619139)

I think this is a great metric. How do you find which hammer is better? Just use both!

It's rather pointless to look at things like material and size of a hammer. What you want to measure is the end result.

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Re:Ask HN: Given two repos of code, what criteria would you ... by simne on Wednesday November 16, 2022 @02:27PM (#33629071)

And better if this is business feature, not some pure technical.

Sure, could be exceptions, where tech perfection equal to business value, but not many.

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