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Comment by ☕️ johan

Re: "5 Things I’ve Learned in 20 Years of Programming"

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Regarding #1 I generally agree but I have found there are some cases where introducing a new module with some overlapping functionality actually reduces complexity and readability to such a degree that it is worth it. It was a hard learned lesson and it feels unintuitive but there is a balance to be struck here between de-duplication and complexity. The big problem ironically lies in changing the code when the code deduplication has created this web of dependencies if not done carefully.

☕️ johan

2023-08-07 · 3 months ago

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🦀 jeang3nie

The part about TDD was nice, and I imagine a lot of people have had similar experience. I didn't think much of it myself until I forced myself to give it a try and realized how many bugs I was catching along the way. What's more, they were being caught much closer to the call site, making debugging that much easier.

Nice article overall. Thanks for sharing.

🎵 xavi

The article gave me sort of a "I am a middle-aged, American white programmer, so listen to me, you inferior junior human being" attitude, that of course I do not particularly agree with.

I agree with others here that code duplication is not *always* bad. Programming is often about making tradeoffs. However, it is true sometimes that some decisions are made, when possibly thinking for a better solution for a couple of hours could have avoided it.

2023-08-08 · 3 months ago

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5 Things I’ve Learned in 20 Years of Programming

💬 ahappydeath · 3 comments · 3 likes · 2023-08-07 · 3 months ago