Daniel Spiewak on Nostr: One of the most impactful realizations of the more recent parts of my career: ...
One of the most impactful realizations of the more recent parts of my career: attempting to read and maintain your own code years after you wrote it is no easier than performing the same task on someone else’s code. If *nothing else*, comment for your own benefit, because the context you have when you write something will be long gone by the time you (or anyone else) has to evolve it.
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