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Re: "5 Things I’ve Learned in 20 Years of Programming"
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.
Aug 07 · 3 months ago
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.
5 Things I’ve Learned in 20 Years of Programming
💬 ahappydeath · 3 comments · 3 likes · Aug 07 · 3 months ago