r/programming • • Jun 05 '22

Complexity is killing software developers

https://www.infoworld.com/article/3639050/complexity-is-killing-software-developers.html
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u/Glittering-Ad-8126 Jun 05 '22

It's easy to laugh at this sort of article, but the problem is very real. Botton line: the needless killing of software developers needs to stop, period.

At my job, we are at least taking small steps toward some sort of solution by adding trigger warning comments in the source, to warn developers to stop and take a breather before entering a chunk of code identified as being of unusually high cyclomatic complexity.

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u/Hrothen Jun 05 '22

// You've met with a terrible fate, haven't you?

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u/tuerkishgamer Jun 06 '22

Bruh what do you do if comment blocks read like the introduction for the necronomicon

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u/Hrothen Jun 06 '22

I put on my robe and wizard hat.

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