When To Write Bad Code

Re:When To Write Bad Code by brandonsavage on Tuesday January 29, 2013 @11:19AM (#5134752)

The person I was mentoring (that prompted this blog post) was having trouble getting ANY code down on the screen. Being able to write SOMETHING was the hurdle for this developer to overcome.

In most cases though, I agree with you.

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Re:When To Write Bad Code by sinkhole on Tuesday January 29, 2013 @10:06PM (#5137820)

I write bad code all the time, I'm writing terrible code right now. I check in good code.

Some people can visualize an entire program in their head and how it will interact. Not me. I hack at the core of the problem I'm trying to solve, until I've solved it. Then I reorganize the code into something that (hopefully) isn't crap. It seems inefficient, but it works for me.

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