Coding is when we're least productive(codemanship.wordpress.com)
27 pointsby vinhnx8 hours ago7 comments
  • Nevermark2 hours ago
    Coding is when we carefully write down our solution to a problem.

    (Manager pushes paper, pen and a list of problems in front of you and demands, “Now write, just write! And fast!”)

  • cjfd31 minutes ago
    E.W. Dijkstra: "Measuring programming progress by lines of code is like measuring aircraft building progress by weight".

    Personally, I think, much of the art of programming is to do as much as possible with as few lines of code as possible.

    • embedding-shape5 minutes ago
      Agree, and even better solution some times: no code at all.
    • solumunus14 minutes ago
      There’s more to it than that though. The solution using the least possible lines is often inscrutable and brittle. The art is in finding the right level of abstraction which can deliver the performance required while being sufficiently legible. Depending on the specific problem you have to weight your solution accordingly, if performance is critical you must often forfeit legibility. The art is in recognising and dealing with trade offs.
  • wiseowise39 minutes ago
    So the only anecdote you could find from your long career is one example at the start of your contracting? What the hell with all those low quality shite talking about code this, code that?

    > Founder of Codemanship Ltd and code craft coach and trainer

    Ooh, it’s all coming together.

  • soanvigan hour ago
    Oh, that must be fun to be hired by the client directly... I wish each my programming job was not an ivory tower :(
  • BrenBarn32 minutes ago
    This is one reason I always roll my eyes when people talk about how vim keyboard bindings are so great because you don't have to move your fingers from the home row. The actual action of typing text is a small part of the process of coding.
    • sevenzero30 minutes ago
      Depends on how you work I guess. I explore solutions through coding different versions of some algorithm, sure I could theorycraft as well but I am stronger by just writing code and see if it runs. I type a lot so vim motions help me a ton.
  • gethly2 hours ago
    Coding is the 5 minute result for an hour of thinking.
  • testing12_1229 minutes ago
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