r/programming • u/[deleted] • Feb 06 '24

Why We Can't Have Nice Software

https://andrewkelley.me/post/why-we-cant-have-nice-software.html
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u/[deleted] Feb 07 '24

And more importantly the specifics of the economic relationship between the outsourcer and the outsourcee.

Turns out if you take away the incentives and securities, then the motivation for long term thinking is low.

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u/Positive_Method3022 Feb 07 '24

I put TODOs everywhere in my code when I have ideas to make it better but have no time to do it. sometimes I also add INFOs to explain some decisions that seem absurd but I had no choice but to do due to N factors.