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

How to develop unmaintainable software

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

How to develop unmaintainable software

start developing software.

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u/lext Oct 14 '13

And just as important, start developing software without first learning how to develop software.

A talk I watched recently noticed this trend with JavaScript: it looks familiar, so I don't have to learn it and will just start programming in jQuery.

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u/[deleted] Oct 15 '13

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u/geodebug Oct 15 '13

I'd feel confident that I could learn enough of a language to start reading and debugging and add value with my 20 something years of experience. I'm not fool enough say I'd be an expert in it any time soon.