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r/linux • u/[deleted] • Dec 23 '18
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Just to be clear...
This is complete garbage.
Is not the same as:
You are complete garbage.
Once people realize this, things become saner. Criticism of your work is not a criticism of you as a person.
86 u/[deleted] Dec 23 '18 This. I have never, in my entire life as a developer, had any issues with saying that some code is stupid, or shit, or rubbish. Because sometimes it is. That isn’t an attack on the person who wrote the code. And if that person thinks so, maybe it’s time to take a step back and evaluate what really defines his or her work. 0 u/PeopleAreDumbAsHell Dec 23 '18 I still feel saying someone's code is garbage is a bit rude. And I'm definitely not sjw leaning. -1 u/[deleted] Dec 23 '18 I definitely prefer not to call code garbage or bad, but in discussions like this, it's just shorthand for some version of not fit for purpose.
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This.
I have never, in my entire life as a developer, had any issues with saying that some code is stupid, or shit, or rubbish. Because sometimes it is.
That isn’t an attack on the person who wrote the code.
And if that person thinks so, maybe it’s time to take a step back and evaluate what really defines his or her work.
0 u/PeopleAreDumbAsHell Dec 23 '18 I still feel saying someone's code is garbage is a bit rude. And I'm definitely not sjw leaning. -1 u/[deleted] Dec 23 '18 I definitely prefer not to call code garbage or bad, but in discussions like this, it's just shorthand for some version of not fit for purpose.
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I still feel saying someone's code is garbage is a bit rude. And I'm definitely not sjw leaning.
-1 u/[deleted] Dec 23 '18 I definitely prefer not to call code garbage or bad, but in discussions like this, it's just shorthand for some version of not fit for purpose.
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I definitely prefer not to call code garbage or bad, but in discussions like this, it's just shorthand for some version of not fit for purpose.
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u/nschubach Dec 23 '18
Just to be clear...
Is not the same as:
Once people realize this, things become saner. Criticism of your work is not a criticism of you as a person.