[ambicapter]

> At least it exists, which it probably wouldn't have if developed with "camp 2" tendencies.

Ah yes, if you aren't shitting code out the door as fast as possible, you're probably not shipping anything at all.

[Nevermark]

That isn't a fair reading.

[jplusequalt]

Neither is the original assertion. There are thousands of examples of exceptionally well crafted code bases that are used by many. I would posit the Linux kernel as an example, which is arguably the most used piece of software in the world.

[Nevermark]

> [...] one beautiful thing than ten useful things

They didn't say beautiful/crafted things were not necessary.

They were critiquing viewpoints that all code needs to be.

Even if we (for humorous purposes) took their 1 in 10 ratio as a deadly serious cap on crafting, 10% of projects being "exceptionally well crafted code" would be a wonderful world. I would take 1% high craft to 99% useful! (Not disjointly of course.)

[jimbokun]

Seems fair to me, responding to someone mocking people for caring about their craft.