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Re:A good developer has a natural, almost visceral aversion ... by MaysonL on Sunday May 06, 2012 @03:03PM (#3935963)
A good developer has a natural, almost visceral aversion to unnecessary complexity.

There, fixed that for you.

'Make it as simple as possible, but not simpler' (Einstein, as quoted by Niklaus Wirth.

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Re:A good developer has a natural, almost visceral aversion ... by jfoutz on Sunday May 06, 2012 @03:14PM (#3935995)
quoth the article: "It’s only by diligently trying to avoid all complexity that one can in fact avoid unnecessary complexity."

Amusingly you seem to support the author's argument that running around making changes when you don't really understand whats going on leads to lower quality code.

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Re:A good developer has a natural, almost visceral aversion ... by quackingduck on Sunday May 06, 2012 @04:34PM (#3936234)
Well played sir
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Re:A good developer has a natural, almost visceral aversion ... by sigpwned on Sunday May 06, 2012 @03:22PM (#3936017)
Author here.

I actually use that exact Einstein quotation in the article, attributed to the big man himself. One of my favorites.

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