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Re:Hard-to-swallow truths they won't tell you about software... by dkarl on Wednesday November 08, 2023 @11:28AM (#38192727)
> In my experience no coding standards or cleanliness can prevent this. The only sure way is testing on commit/PR.

I think that's an issue with how people define "clean." It isn't just about surface aesthetics. Think of a cooking appliance that looks "clean" in its design, that might win a designy design award, but accumulates gunk in hard-to-reach crevices because it was only designed to look clean, not designed to be kept actually clean.

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Re:Hard-to-swallow truths they won't tell you about software... by jebarker on Wednesday November 08, 2023 @11:58AM (#38193249)
Fair enough - it may be that I've never experienced "real" clean code. But I've worked with many good engineers and seen this problem repeatedly. However, no matter how unclean the code is a rigorous test suite will find many regressions.
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