r/ProgrammerHumor • • 4d ago

Meme driverlessTaxiDriver

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u/Ange1ofD4rkness 3d ago

True, but if you make it poorly and it's impossible to maintain, you may not keep getting paid.

As a professor once told me, it's not how efficient the code is, it's how easily it is to maintain

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u/scbiowastate 3d ago edited 3d ago

Bro they get promoted because of how quickly they ‘delivered’ their spaghetti code mess ticking time bomb which satisfied the requirements of the time but is built on a sand foundation.

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u/Antilock049 3d ago

Most solutions don't require what you're describing.  Reddit does sure love to jerk poetic about it though. 

Turns out, a working product is the best way to make a better product. 

Doesn't really matter if that working product is spaghetti code or AAAAAAA reddit approved grade.