Software Developers Never Change

Whenever I am tasked with looking over a fellow developers code I always keep the following in mind, in order to ground myself: your program (n): a maze of non-sequiturs littered with clever-clever tricks and irrelevant comments. Compare MY PROGRAM. my program (n): a gem of algorithmic precision, offering the most sublime balance between compact, efficient coding on the one hand, and fully commented legibility for posterity on the other. Compare YOUR PROGRAM. ...

May 13, 2008 · 8 min · 1628 words · Nick Berardi