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Whatever 'Clean Code' you write now, it'll be shit eventually and in need of a complete rewrite (programming.dev)

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[–] Prunebutt 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Can you give examples? I genuinely can't think of how the principles applied with proper restraint not to overdo it make code hard to maintain. But I've only watched his talk a few years ago - not the book.

[–] themusicman@lemmy.world 14 points 3 months ago

There are a fair few examples in the book itself. https://qntm.org/clean