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“Code that works and is understandable is nice, but it’s more important to be clever. You’re paid for being smart; show us how good you are.”

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Hoare on Software Design
by C.A.R. Hoare
C.A.R. Hoare

There are two ways of creating a software design. One way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies. And the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies.

You’ve probably seen a lot of code that’s hard to understand, that’s hard to maintain, and (worst ...

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