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What are your programming hot takes? (lemmy.ml)
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[–] 174 points 3 years ago* (19 children)

Refactoring is something that should be constantly done in a code base, for every story. As soon as people get scared about changing things the codebase is on the road to being legacy.

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  • [–] 46 points 3 years ago

    Been with a lot of codebases that had no unit tests at all and everyone was afraid to change anything because the QA process could take weeks to months.

    The result is you have a codebase that ages like milk.

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  • [–] 13 points 3 years ago (8 children)

    Doesn't everybody agree with this? I really never thought of it as a hot take.

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  • [–] 16 points 3 years ago (6 children)

    I highly doubt most corps do

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  • [–] 5 points 3 years ago (5 children)

    Corps != people.

    People just pass the buck and nobody stands up for what is most correct

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  • [+] 10 points 3 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)
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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)

    Most calls I have at work are like group therapy sessions, as everyone has ideas of what they believe is correct, but they know if they keep pressing with management or take the time to do what is right, it won’t go well for them.

    This is coming from a guy who lasted a year and a half in the office. Sounds like it's a systematic issue..

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    Who is in the wrong? Your manager, for not giving you time to refactor? Or you for giving him the option?

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  • [–] 8 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Why do you need time to refactor? It is just part of the work you need to do and should be accounted for when doing any other work. IMO a big mistake people make is thinking refactoring is some separate thing they need permission to do. You don't, if you need to make a change in some area refactor it first to make it easier to accept your change, then add your change then refactor to clean up. This is not three separate tasks, just three steps in one task. You should be given enough time to do the whole task, not just part of it.

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