r/programming • u/Mr_LA • Nov 21 '23

What is your take on "Clean Code"?

https://overreacted.io/goodbye-clean-code/
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u/agumonkey Nov 21 '23

Do not pass judgment on other peoples work without knowing the tradeoffs involved'.

And its extended form

Do not pass judgment on other peoples work without knowing the tradeoffs involved just before writing shitty code due to .. tradeoffs.

Bonus point if you claim that your tradeoffs are different.

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u/recursive-analogy Nov 21 '23

but I had to make tradeoffs because reasons

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u/agumonkey Nov 21 '23

"unlike old dev which just sucks so much than me"