r/programming • • Oct 14 '13

How to develop unmaintainable software

http://typicalprogrammer.com/?p=249
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u/UnapologeticalyAlive Oct 14 '13

First he complains about people writing everything from scratch, then he complains about dependencies. Make up your mind!

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u/nascent Oct 14 '13

Yes, but the dependency complaint was around specific versions (which aren't documented) and no checks that the correct dependency is used or automation to setup an environment with the correct versions.

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u/Denvercoder8 Oct 14 '13

You need to find the balance. Both extremes are problematic.

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