Ask HN: What techniques do you use to understand and simplify complex code?

Re:Ask HN: What techniques do you use to understand and simp... by sophonX on Thursday March 09, 2023 @07:54AM (#35080686)

That's a good suggestion for small to medium codebase. In huge codebase, it's not feasible but explaining to others (like colleagues or interns or friends(oss repos not proprietary stuff)) usually helps me a lot.

Like talking to a duck.

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Re:Ask HN: What techniques do you use to understand and simp... by zubairq on Thursday March 09, 2023 @10:25AM (#35082134)

Most colleagues (even developers) walk away in boredom as soon as the discussion gets too deep. I do understand though as they are happy to help me, but when it gets too deep they feel they are doing the work for me

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Re:Ask HN: What techniques do you use to understand and simp... by sophonX on Thursday March 09, 2023 @07:02PM (#35088657)

Oh, that's sad. Most of the time, even if the other person isn't listening - it usually helps at lot talking out, you know - just clears up thoughts.

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Re:Ask HN: What techniques do you use to understand and simp... by zubairq on Friday March 10, 2023 @01:59PM (#35099233)

Yes it definitely helps me when I try to explain it, so that’s something

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