[vez-]

I disagree that people should NOT be attached to their code.

Having a sense of ownership for what you write can lead to higher quality systems where people are willing to stand up and fight for what they believe is higher quality.

BUT this importantly depends on the ability to compromise, admit being wrong, and change based on new information from the people who have a sense of ownership over their parts of the codebase. Like you said.

[kortilla]

People that get really attached to their code tend to be the people not smart enough for you to want them fighting for their opinions.

Good engineers promote good ideas and general approaches to code base structure. They don’t give a shit if people go in and make changes as long as they don’t compromise the whole architecture.

[untoreh]

tragedy of the commons for code :)