> “code someone else wrote that I’d rather rewrite than understand”
I'm not disagreeing, but there is something to be said for writing code that any idiot can understand so that future developers don't even want to rewrite it, and can maintain it.
I've landed in code bases on both ends of the spectrum, and I never asked management to rewrite the well-written ones.
I'm not disagreeing, but there is something to be said for writing code that any idiot can understand so that future developers don't even want to rewrite it, and can maintain it.
I've landed in code bases on both ends of the spectrum, and I never asked management to rewrite the well-written ones.