The Programmers' Credo, via the ineffable pinboard, Maciej Ceglowsi. Yes I had this bronzed myself. Twice, one for me, one for him. And we deserve every bit of it! 😉
I was thinking of this when revisiting a particular blog post: https://blog.codinghorror.com/doing-terrible-things-to-your-code/
or as Steve Yegge once said, "shit's easy syndrome."
Doing Terrible Things To Your Code
In 1992, I thought I was the best programmer in the world. In my defense, I had just graduated from college, this was pre-Internet, and I lived in Boulder, Colorado working in small business jobs where I was lucky to even hear about other programmers much less meet them.
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@codinghorror Wherein I am quoted. My one, singular claim to fame, that tweet.
@Sempf it's a great fucking tweet! 🎉
Jeff Atwood
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