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by karaterobot
517 days ago
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> In the end, this all becomes muscle memory. You’ll be able to write code that’s not buggy, yet still ship at a good speed without thinking when you shouldnt and thinking much more when you should. I'm very skeptical of this. You can't really have it both ways. I believe someone when they tell me they can ship code without bugs, but only by taking a lot of time, including the time necessary to test and debug the relatively fewer bugs they produce. But, I find it hard to believe someone who says that through pure self-discipline and force of will, they can just not write bugs without sacrificing speed. And, generously, if there is someone who can do this, I find it hard to believe it's a generalizable methodology. "Just decide not to write any bugs... why didn't I think of that?" I guess the third possibility is that you can ship code quickly without bugs, but only if it's trivial code. I would believe that, but I don't think that's what he's saying. This seems like an extraordinary claim. |
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