@WesternInfidels@feddit.online
Post #2719327
2026-05-20 18:01 UTC
I go back and look at my old code and find it clear and beautiful, easy to understand, a pleasure to read. “Ah yes,” I’ll say to myself, “that approach was clever and elegant. Gosh, past me was pretty smart!”
I like to appreciate it in this manner. For a few moments, I can forget about how it doesn’t actually work.
Replies (5)
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@MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 2026-05-20 19:21
But it would work beautifully, if it would work.
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@chocrates@piefed.world 2026-05-20 23:06
I love when someone opens a bug in my code and I get to “how the hell did this ever work?”
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@Feathercrown@lemmy.world 2026-05-20 19:40
It can work or it can look good, you can’t have both
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@slazer2au@lemmy.world 2026-05-20 18:27
That's what happens when you take your code from a Stack Overflow question.
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@SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 2026-05-20 18:05
TFW you realize you haven't grown as an engineer