507
The circle of life (lemmy.world)
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[-] vrek@programming.dev 46 points 10 months ago

The worst code I have ever seen, the truly horrible stuff that gives me nightmares was written by myself six months ago.

[-] doctordevice@reddthat.com 23 points 10 months ago

Oof, six months ago code is the worst. It's still close enough to your current style that it's undeniably yours and you can vaguely remember writing it, but long enough ago that you've improved a decent amount since then. So the mistakes or bad practice hurts the maximum amount.

[-] Thassodar@lemm.ee 7 points 10 months ago

I have this same feeling when I make music. When I go look at my old projects I barely recognize them. Organization goes a loooooong way.

[-] Jeremyward@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

#emotionaldamage

[-] Bourff@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

There's an argument that if you are not ashamed by your old code, that means you didn't progress as a developer.

[-] Bonehead@kbin.social 2 points 10 months ago

But six months ago, it was the greatest code you've ever written.

[-] doppelgangmember@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

I am my own worst enemy

[-] Maalus@lemmy.world -2 points 10 months ago

Never had that feeling in my career. Then again, I didn't work at places which chased deadlines instead of pursuing clean code

[-] papertowels@programming.dev 3 points 10 months ago

Care to share what industry you're in?

[-] Maalus@lemmy.world -1 points 10 months ago

Not programming anymore, changed career path. Before, I used to be in fintech, CRM. Last job was healthcare greenfield as a "consultant"

[-] papertowels@programming.dev 2 points 10 months ago

Ah, gotcha, sorry I thought you were talking about your works software development priorities

[-] Maalus@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago

No, I was talking about the previous jobs I was at.

this post was submitted on 01 Jan 2024
507 points (97.0% liked)

People Twitter

5162 readers
927 users here now

People tweeting stuff. We allow tweets from anyone.

RULES:

  1. Mark NSFW content.
  2. No doxxing people.
  3. Must be a tweet or similar
  4. No bullying or international politcs
  5. Be excellent to each other.

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS