Sterling Terrell

recovering economist

Beautiful Code

Beautiful Code

I enjoyed this post about developers worrying about whether they are writing beautiful code or not.

As you would think, if you thought about it:

The article points out that nobody really cares what is going on behind the scenes.

Sad but true (understandable though): People care about the outcome.

Included are these two devastating examples to prove the point.

Absolutely crazy…

The Three Virtues Of A Programmer

The Three Virtues Of A Programmer

Three great virtues of a programmer are:

Made me laugh a little bit, honestly.

  1. Laziness: The quality that makes you go to great effort to reduce overall energy expenditure. It makes you write labor-saving programs that other people will find useful and document what you wrote so you don’t have to answer so many questions about it.
  2. Impatience: The anger you feel when the computer is being lazy. This makes you write programs that don’t just react to your needs, but actually anticipate them. Or at least pretend to.
  3. Hubris: The quality that makes you write (and maintain) programs that other people won’t want to say bad things about.

I particularly love the idea of more work now – for less work later.

But I enjoy a good morning flâner.

Sterling Terrell