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by Consultant32452 3848 days ago
You say you write good code in a number of languages but honestly I highly doubt it. If you really haven't stuck it out on any project for the long haul how could you possibly know that your code is any good? In my opinion one of the most important features of good code is long term maintainability.
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atemerev 3848 days ago
My Scala code: https://github.com/atemerev/FXCore/blob/master/src/main/scal...

My Java code: https://github.com/atemerev/pms/blob/master/src/main/java/co... (saved me probably man-years in my consulting projects).

Code samples for Javascript, Matlab, Haskell and Go available on demand. :)

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Consultant32452 3847 days ago
I think you missed my point entirely. Code looking pretty, being nicely formatted, and having comments is certainly part of but not nearly the whole picture in what makes good quality code that is easily maintainable through the ages. If you've never really stuck it out long term on a project, you have never felt the pleasure or pain of your previous work.
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atemerev 3847 days ago
This particular code serves me well (in my consulting efforts) since 2008 and 2011. As for maintainability, I still clearly understand it and it can be immediately used everywhere.

If, by maintainability, you mean "looking at the mess I did some years ago in some large project and see how it turned out", then yes, I avoided such projects and large teams. Most of my code was written either by me alone or as a part of 2-3 persons team.

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