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Re: by Nevermark on Tuesday March 31, 2026 @02:53PM (#47591811)
That isn't a fair reading.
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Re: by jplusequalt on Tuesday March 31, 2026 @03:53PM (#47592569)
Neither is the original assertion. There are thousands of examples of exceptionally well crafted code bases that are used by many. I would posit the Linux kernel as an example, which is arguably the most used piece of software in the world.
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Re: by Nevermark on Tuesday March 31, 2026 @05:11PM (#47593523)
> [...] one beautiful thing than ten useful things

They didn't say beautiful/crafted things were not necessary.

They were critiquing viewpoints that all code needs to be.

Even if we (for humorous purposes) took their 1 in 10 ratio as a deadly serious cap on crafting, 10% of projects being "exceptionally well crafted code" would be a wonderful world. I would take 1% high craft to 99% useful! (Not disjointly of course.)

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Re: by jimbokun on Tuesday March 31, 2026 @08:52PM (#47595444)
Seems fair to me, responding to someone mocking people for caring about their craft.
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