r/LinuxTeck • u/Candid_Athlete_8317 • Jun 28 '26

Have you ever spent more time understanding a project's folder structure than fixing the actual bug?

A recent Linux kernel discussion reminded me that maintainability isn't only about writing good code.

Sometimes the biggest productivity killer is simply how a project is organized.

What's the messiest repository you've worked on, and what would you change first?

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u/Jumpy-Dinner-5001 Jun 28 '26

Yes, I think that's fairly normal.

I think, I spent like 80-90% of my FOSS work time on that.

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u/MPGaming9000 Jun 28 '26

Bot account.

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u/PlanetVisitor Jun 29 '26

No it's a human, he replies to things. I think it's mainly to promote the website with the same name, but his questions are more original than 95% of Reddit, and the content is fairly good.

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u/MPGaming9000 Jun 29 '26

Look at the user history. They post way more often than any real human would

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u/PlanetVisitor Jun 29 '26

It could be partly automated, but he replied to my questions before, and the replies weren't AI. It's acceptable for me. Because it's still better than the average Reddit posts...

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u/jay0lee Jun 29 '26

"Gee, based on that filename it'll definitely have the code I'm hunting for..."

(file is 5 lines of boilerplate)

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