i refactored some web code i wrote ten years ago and it’s more elegant and a tenth the size with new features because of language advancements. feels great.
You reminded me of a story I recently read, where the author highlighted just how much awesome programming someone had done by describing how their hands were cramping up.
It’s like estimating how well an artist paints by looking at how much paint is on their clothes, or judging how good a cook is by how many cuts and burns they have. The actions that cause those things are incidental to the process, not central, and an excessive amount points to incompetence, not hard and skillful work.
People who share the size of a codechange as a mark of how effective ai coding agents are truly missing the point of code changes.
I’m just a hobbyist, but I’m always more proud of commits that remove stuff.
Removing shit and it still working perfectly the same is absolutely a goal everyone should have. Less code means less to maintain.
And being more performant, the perfect trio
This. Code is a liability not an asset
i refactored some web code i wrote ten years ago and it’s more elegant and a tenth the size with new features because of language advancements. feels great.
People who’ve never reviewed a PR be like. Wow green number big, is good.
Didn’t you hear? We’re going back to KLOC for measurement of productivity.
If we’re going back to the 80s, do we at least get the company provided cocaine?
those aren’t upvotes?
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You reminded me of a story I recently read, where the author highlighted just how much awesome programming someone had done by describing how their hands were cramping up.
It’s like estimating how well an artist paints by looking at how much paint is on their clothes, or judging how good a cook is by how many cuts and burns they have. The actions that cause those things are incidental to the process, not central, and an excessive amount points to incompetence, not hard and skillful work.
Big Diff Energy
Might as well be bragging about pictures they’ve taken of their bowel movements.
Please tell me this subreddit is satire
No, this is the most serious subreddit in all of reddit.