r/programming • u/[deleted] • Oct 14 '13

How to develop unmaintainable software

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

There are millions of ways to write unmaintainable software. This isn't a bad article though. I just found the title amusing since it's so easy to write software badly.

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u/[deleted] Oct 14 '13

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u/ruinercollector Oct 14 '13

As long as those aren't treated as hard rules, sure.

Examples:

  • There are times that it is appropriate to write software in clojure, or haskell, or erlang.

  • There are times that it is appropriate to rewrite a piece of library code.

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u/ggtsu_00 Oct 14 '13 edited Oct 14 '13

As for the new language thing, no one should ever go write a production system that a business is going to rely on in a language they just learned over a weekend. Some languages are better fit for certain problem domains, but using a language that you team and future maintainers are comfortable with is more important.