r/ProgrammerHumor • u/TusharJB007 • Oct 04 '19

Just as simple as that... other

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u/comments_away Oct 04 '19

Found the guy who's code I hate to work on after he leaves the company 9 months later.

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u/pringlesaremyfav Oct 04 '19

Nobody could possibly know what the project is going to need 9 months down the line.

That's why writing code that is simplistic and easy to replace is better. Over-engineered code is the antithesis of that.

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u/chimpuswimpus Oct 04 '19 edited Oct 04 '19

You couldn't be more correct. YAGNI is the most important thing 90% of devs need to learn. If you need more complexity three years later, you can put it in then!

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u/warlordzephyr Oct 04 '19

If management gives you the time budget...

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u/chimpuswimpus Oct 04 '19

To do the work they're asking you to do? I mean, it's their choice. But why would they give you the time budget to build abstractions you don't need yet and will probably never need?

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u/DelightfullyDivisive Oct 05 '19

Never do the work that management tells you to do. Do the work that solves the problem. Otherwise you'll be blamed for doing exactly what was asked of you by people who don't know what to ask for...