Helma 🤗 on Nostr: "One fun anecdote is that companies or governments will often say they need months or ...

"One fun anecdote is that companies or governments will often say they need months or years to prepare (CLEAN UP) code for open sourcing. Because on the inside, people allow themselves far worse code than they’d prefer to share with the outside world. Open source code often has higher standards, and it is a great mechanism of keeping you on track."

Says npub19lhhe0lp4uj3kxmu6sey2fu6dnvdkqdkqsr2sqaeujsxnq729wgsvu3d6f (npub19lh…3d6f) in his article about long term software development #opensource #dev #coding
https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/on-long-term-software-development/