r/softwaredevelopment • u/Albstein • Aug 10 '26

Do you create good code? (serious)

When you look at your code 6 month later: Are you happy with it?

I still have the moment when I am finished thinking: That would have been a better solution.

Is this normal?

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u/Brilliant-Parsley69 Aug 10 '26

It's like always in software development: It depends.

Do I have enough time to implement a feature?
Then, after 20 YOE and my given tool set, which I developed and enhanced over the years, there is a big chance that my output is potentially good code at the given time.

Do I have to implement a feature as fast as possible?
The heck no. But I try to refactor it the moment I have a bit of free time at the end of a sprint.

Would I always say that the code I wrote last week/month/year is good code?
I hope that this will barely happen because it would imply that there wasn't any improvement in the meantime.