Re:It's probably time to stop recommending Clean Code (2020)
by ornornor on Saturday February 18, 2023 @04:38AM
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> Can we simplify the domain instead?"
I can see this working in more mature and healthier orgs, but they’re a minority. As cynical as it sounds, most orgs are dysfunctional meat grinders where you’d get attacked for not having the skills to pull it off, in my experience.
Nobody brings this up for that reason and the madness continues unabated, ensuring the project becomes a slog over the medium/long term with the expectation that most will have moved on before it gets there.
This is also how we run our societies, leaving problems for later so that the next guy/president/generation has to deal with it at the point where it’s impossible to ignore anymore. Instead of much earlier when it requires much less effort and is reversible.
I can see this working in more mature and healthier orgs, but they’re a minority. As cynical as it sounds, most orgs are dysfunctional meat grinders where you’d get attacked for not having the skills to pull it off, in my experience.
Nobody brings this up for that reason and the madness continues unabated, ensuring the project becomes a slog over the medium/long term with the expectation that most will have moved on before it gets there.
This is also how we run our societies, leaving problems for later so that the next guy/president/generation has to deal with it at the point where it’s impossible to ignore anymore. Instead of much earlier when it requires much less effort and is reversible.