Is your code base looking like a hoarders house? ;-)

[StefanHoutzager]

A couple of days ago I compared a codebase I’m working on to the room of my adolescent son, which is a total mess. And now I read this great thread on twitter.

I don’t think people grok how directly your communication skills are reflected in your codebase. Let me give you an example. Let’s say you’re working in a legacy codebase that, in places, resembles a house on Hoarders […] These types of codebases are distressingly common. They’re so full of STUFF that you can hardly move around. To get your work done, you’ve got little goat trails of understanding running through it, like the narrow space between piles of junk in an overcrowded living room. […]

https://twitter.com/sarahmei/status/1090860150712221698

[Fl4m3Ph03n1x]

Really nice idea, that belongs in a decent blog post instead of a 100 tweets

ALso,

Improvement
Over
Consistency

Food for thought. I think Sandy Metz would agree.

[StefanHoutzager]

She reaches lots of followers. And gets retweeted. Of course I do not agree with everything. From another thread she retweeted:

Be mindful of the ecosystem and industry that you’re contributing to. […]
Why are you building with these tools? Is it because it’s beneficial to the project? Or is it because it looks good on a CV?

Obvious, but it should be said so often.