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by rcavezza 2639 days ago
“Indeed, the ratio of time spent reading versus writing is well over 10 to 1. We are constantly reading old code as part of the effort to write new code. ...[Therefore,] making it easy to read makes it easier to write.”

― Robert C. Martin, Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship

https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/835238-indeed-the-ratio-of-...

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It certainly is true if you keep changing jobs all the time. :)