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If you go to the library and there’s a book you cannot understand, you have to dig down and say, “What is the foundation required for me to learn this?”
“... a mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge.”
― A Game of Thrones
― A Game of Thrones
“Legacy code. The phrase strikes disgust in the hearts of programmers. It conjures images of slogging through a murky swamp of tangled undergrowth with leaches beneath and stinging flies above. It conjures odors of murk, slime, stagnancy, and offal. Although our first joy of programming may have been intense, the misery of dealing with legacy code is often sufficient to extinguish that flame.”
― Working Effectively with Legacy Code
― Working Effectively with Legacy Code
“At a deep level, all code is about communication: expressing ideas about what you want to achieve.”
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“It is hard enough to remember my opinions, without also remembering my reasons for them!”
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“Programming is the art of doing one thing at a time”
― Working Effectively with Legacy Code
― Working Effectively with Legacy Code
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