What are your programming hot takes? 257m ( @257m@lemmy.ml ) Programming@programming.dev • 10 months ago message-square374fedilinkarrow-up1219
arrow-up1219message-squareWhat are your programming hot takes? 257m ( @257m@lemmy.ml ) Programming@programming.dev • 10 months ago message-square374fedilink
minus-square T (they/she) ( @Templa@beehaw.org ) linkfedilink2•10 months agoUntil you’re oboarded on a codebase that’s heavy on tech debt and that also doesn’t have proper documentation of the data being used.
minus-square Digital Mark ( @mdhughes@lemmy.ml ) linkfedilinkEnglish1•10 months agoTerrible projects are terrible because of the developers, not because of the language. I find dynamic projects easier to refactor and fix, just write some tests and if it’s green bar before and after, you’re fine.
minus-square T (they/she) ( @Templa@beehaw.org ) linkfedilink1•10 months ago…did you ever work with business/product people?
minus-square Digital Mark ( @mdhughes@lemmy.ml ) linkfedilinkEnglish1•10 months agoAll my career. They can’t program, they have no valid opinion about programming, as long as we finish the user stories. Which is several times faster in a nice dynamic language than a bondage language.
Until you’re oboarded on a codebase that’s heavy on tech debt and that also doesn’t have proper documentation of the data being used.
Terrible projects are terrible because of the developers, not because of the language.
I find dynamic projects easier to refactor and fix, just write some tests and if it’s green bar before and after, you’re fine.
…did you ever work with business/product people?
All my career. They can’t program, they have no valid opinion about programming, as long as we finish the user stories. Which is several times faster in a nice dynamic language than a bondage language.