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by AnimalMuppet 36 days ago
I'll add another to that:

- Code lives longer than you expect. You forget sooner than you expect. Make a readme/architecture overview/theory of operation document. Put more in it than you think is needed. Check it in with the code.
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abustamam 36 days ago
If I had a dollar for every time "throwaway code" became foundational code...
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spikej 33 days ago
This is one usecase where I'm thankful for AI: to help generate a bunch of documents in a well structured manner (giving it audience, having it scan through my comments on why I did xyz, etc)
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