Posted in development on December 14, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Does this sound familiar?
programmer:
“We need to refactor this code…”
manager:
“Why?”
programmer:
“It’s horrible unmaintainable code!”
manager:
“But it works!”
From the outside, the idea of “clean” code or “dirty” code doesn’t make much sense. Code seems to be an entity with a binary quality: works/doesn’t work. Bugs might appear more similar to dust needing to be wiped from a surface rather [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on December 11, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Last night, I stopped by the ATM and withdrew a large amount of money (I don’t especially like to visit the ATM, I usually “batch” my withdrawal needs). I cringed when the ATM’s slot opened and $50 bills appeared. $50 bills are weird beasts … they are technically legal currency, however, they are always treated [...]
