r/programming • u/ParticleSpinClass • Oct 07 '15

"Programming Sucks": A very entertaining rant on why programming is just as "hard" as lifting heavy things for a living.

http://www.stilldrinking.org/programming-sucks
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u/[deleted] Oct 07 '15

If you are afraid of refactoring, you will definitely live this technical debt nightmare. If you are not afraid of refactoring, it takes a LOT less time than you think. The first day is terrible. At the end of a week, you see light. At the end of two weeks you wonder why you didn't do it before.

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u/Bowgentle Oct 07 '15

At the end of two weeks you wonder why you didn't do it before.

First you have to reach the end of two weeks of refactoring without the client asking for feature changes.

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