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Posted by Pete McBreen 29 Jun 2014 at 20:17
I didn’t see this when it was first written, but it matches with my recent experiences.
… most programmers simply don’t know where the quality bar is. They don’t know what disciplines they should adopt. They don’t know the difference between good and bad code. And, most importantly, they have not learned that writing good clean code in a disciplined manner is the fastest and best way get the job done well. – Robert Martin
Posted by Pete McBreen 04 Jun 2014 at 19:47
Many software developers do not seem to understand the basics of our craft. Recently I’ve seen
There have been lots more examples, but most of them fall into the category of being unbelievable if you were not a direct witness to the utter ignorance of the basics of software development that brought them to my attention.
Maybe it is time that we started to focus on the basics of the craft of coding before we get too far into creating overly complex systems that nobody can understand or fix.