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Always Leave the Code Better than You Found It - Boy Scout Engineering 101. Clean code actually allows us to ship faster. Business pressures force engineers to bolt on new code onto existing code. This creates future productivity bottlenecks, or technical debt: code written yesterday that slows you down today. Martin Fowler explains the 'boyscout rule' and how to keep the campground clean. The boy/girl-scout engineer's dilemma: Identify those things worthy of my attention and attend to the top of the list.via the TL;DR App
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Written by alexomeyer | Co-founder & CEO at stepsize.com, creating the AI companion for software projects
