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Rewriting code to be more compact is orthogonal to productivity.
by hhjinks 3mo ago
Rewriting code to be more compact is orthogonal to productivity.
- jtbayly 3mo agoWhich is not what is being discussed. Often rewriting code to make it more understandable makes everybody more productive.
- tauroid 3mo agoIn a similar way to how a radial burn (https://space.stackexchange.com/questions/44608/what-happens-to-orbit-after-a-radial-burn https://space.stackexchange.com/questions/44608/what-happens...) may be orthogonal to your trajectory but still may be necessary to avoid becoming a fireball in half an orbit's time.
- bryanrasmussen 3mo agoyou have evidently been blessed to work only in places with acceptable level of quality code and above.
- LtWorf 3mo agoOr he's the one bringing down quality and productivity.
- risyachka 3mo agoSimplification usually requires the most effort and results in simple and elegant systems easy to understand and maintain with reduced error surface. So overall increases productivity by a lot
- dijksterhuis 3mo agonon-coding manager spotted
- e12e 3mo agoHow so? Let's say that over a year, a given section of code needs to be read and understood once a month. Taking some time to keep the code succinct and free of distraction will increase productivity all those occasions, as well as the rest of the lifetime of the system. Say the next decade. How is that not efficient?
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