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by MarkBook 5796 days ago
A better question might whether you think the code you wrote 6 months ago sucks as much as the code you wrote a year ago
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This could be a good metric to see if you are actually improving or if you are jumping the gun on labeling code sucky.

A lot of people think code sucks if they simply can't understand it at a glance. Of course you think yesterday's code is awesome, you just worked on it yesterday. But in 6 months, with the issue completely out of your mind, even if you haven't advanced, you might think it sucks.