Ask HN: Do you always FULLY understand the code you are working with?

Re:Ask HN: Do you always FULLY understand the code you are w... by daven11 on Tuesday June 04, 2013 @07:36AM (#5818773)

Wait till you go back to your own code in 1,2,5 years and think who wrote this rubbish - only to look it up and find out it was you :-)

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Re:Ask HN: Do you always FULLY understand the code you are w... by ragatskynet on Thursday June 06, 2013 @02:39AM (#5830847)

Hahhha... some days ago I checked one of my old PHP codes (I was not aware it was written by me) - I was swearing much.. then I saw my name in a comment on the top and then.. I sweared more :-)

My style is transforming from year to year to a better one (I hope), so sometimes I cannot recognize my old ones.

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Re:Ask HN: Do you always FULLY understand the code you are w... by chris_dcosta on Tuesday June 04, 2013 @04:00PM (#5821777)

This is so true you cannot believe how hard I laughed.

I have a particular coding style (own-prettifying), and so I can tell if I authored the code or if someone else has. I can also tell if mine's been edited by someone else too.

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