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this is very selfish, unless you're the only developer in your shop. whoever works with you will have to bear the burden that you left behind because you think

• drdeadringer 9y ago
  Not just your coworkers today, "future you" as well. I've known of or read the situation where someone opens some old code, thinks "Who wrote this hot garbage?", and then realizes it was them.
  • Retric 9y ago
    If it worked for a year without bugs, then it's not garbage. Did it work? Can you read and understand it? Then it has value.
    • user5994461 9y ago
      Unless it had no users or it was so much garbage that nobody reported any bug.
      • Retric 9y ago
        That would mean it did not work.
        • Retric 9y ago
          PS: The goal of Windows is not to create an OS the goal of Windows is to make Microsoft money.
• Retric 9y ago
  Don't assume I am talking about personal ROI. Team ROI is critical. Seeing a feature early so we can decide if the goal needs to be changed it valuable. Clean code that's going to be deleted tomorrow is not. The 3rd time you touch a function is often a great time to make it awesome. However, a lot of code never reaches production and maintainability is more of an issue for code that survives.
• laythea 9y ago
  I don't think the parent was talking about writing bad code. I think he/she was saying not to stress about writing good code too much. Those are different things.
• betenoire 9y ago
  There is a lot of binary discussion here that treats code as either clean or not. Of course, it's always somewhere in the middle. Finding the right line in the sand for your current job is an art. There is ALWAYS more you can do, and being smartly-selfish is inevitable.