Those who know, know.

  • arxdat@lemmy.ml
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    3 months ago

    There are no inherent “rules” in software development. These books are useless and a waste of time. They offer nothing but CS Dogma and are actually against freedom of expression.

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      3 months ago

      Rules of thumb can be very useful for a relatively inexperienced programmer, and once you understand why they exist you can choose to ignore them when they would get in the way. Clean Code is totally unhinged though

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      3 months ago

      CS often requires working in teams, and working it teams is often more efficient if you have some shared approaches.

    • bleistift2@sopuli.xyz
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      3 months ago

      There are no inherent “rules” to language, either, but when you don’t followthemthingsgetmessyandyou’reannoyingforeveryoneelese.