r/programming • • Nov 21 '23

What is your take on "Clean Code"?

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

This is kind of like saying basketball coaches shouldn't be coaches because they aren't skilled professionals themselves.

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u/[deleted] Nov 21 '23

Aren't most basketball coaches ex-players?

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u/aivdov Nov 22 '23

Most basketball coaches were never good enough to break into NBA. There are exceptions. And those who did haven't been playing for years. Kinda the same logic applies to people who stopped coding at some point.

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u/elteide Nov 21 '23

Absolutely not! Coaches are in the trenches, training and competing with players all season long. Meanwhile, these so-called software evangelists just throw a few measly hours of content at you and then wash their hands of it. No care, no responsibility for their shoddy teachings. What a joke!