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ChrisMarshallNY on Oct 8, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: Things I’ve learned in my 20 years as a software e...

I like the advice (and the "context" caveat, at the start).

> The best code is no code, or code you don’t have to maintain

I always say "The best code I write, is the code I don't write."

janto on Oct 8, 2021 [–]

I always say "code is a liability".

ChrisMarshallNY on Oct 8, 2021 | [–]

I remember seeing a .sig someone had, that said something like:

    I hate code, and want as little of it as possible in my programs.

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