Career advice for developers:
Write normal code. Just the basic good stuff. Don't be fancy, don't be clever. Don't use currying everywhere. You don't need Docker for everything. Also don't write dumb code. Please write good code. But make it normal. As unsurprising as possible.
Thank you
Write normal code. Just the basic good stuff. Don't be fancy, don't be clever. Don't use currying everywhere. You don't need Docker for everything. Also don't write dumb code. Please write good code. But make it normal. As unsurprising as possible.
Thank you
Comments
const age = 30
Is a lot more normal than
const becauseWeNeedToTrackDemographics = 30
- whose age?
- how will it be used?
- is it the only age? Are there other ages?
- is it a persons age? Or a fancy way of specifying a long time period?
There’s zero ambiguity with usersDemographicAgeForTracking
Normal is a proxy for easily understandable. But easy to understand is the actual goal.
Fancy/clever satisfies today, but you’ll almost always hate it tomorrow.