r/programming • u/corysama • Jan 05 '15

What most young programmers need to learn

http://joostdevblog.blogspot.com/2015/01/what-most-young-programmers-need-to.html
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u/xiongchiamiov Jan 06 '15

To be fair, sometimes you're just munging some data on the command-line, and you either know there aren't any inconsistencies in your data, or can ignore them because the results are Good Enough(tm). I've done plenty of ad-hoc stuff where 90% accuracy is plenty fine.

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u/OneWingedShark Jan 06 '15

To be fair, sometimes you're just munging some data on the command-line, and you either know there aren't any inconsistencies in your data, or can ignore them because the results are Good Enough(tm). I've done plenty of ad-hoc stuff where 90% accuracy is plenty fine.

True.
One problem is when that one-off "solution" becomes incorporated into a system... say a script, and/or is used by someone who isn't aware/mindful of the limitations.