I feel like I am at the drive in
"Open for extension. Closed for modification.", he mumbles to himself as he completely redoes a stupidly written class.
Sections of this mess were written when a co-developer and I stopped giving a shit and it shows.
Of course, I am the one stuck with it now. Thanks, Lawrence.
When you look at upcoming changes in your language/platform and see that a ton of code you just wrote would have been so much simpler that you have no choice but rewrite it…
I'm not used to anything from Microsoft evolving so quickly.
@matigo There's a bit of a learning curve to it to be sure. I was introduced to it when I was doing some IT work for a couple of Indian-owned businesses. They'd come in, bring a bunch of food, and watch. I was hooked shortly thereafter.
A very early morning of coffee and planning. Also celebrating the fact that the hotel has changed cable providers and their package includes Willow HD, which I was previously paying for online access.
Why they thought cricket was desirable in south-eastern Tennessee is anyone's guess. I'm happy though.
There are pieces to some projects that defy being made less Byzantine.
I've removed/redone roughly 800 lines of code today and gave it some much needed refactoring.
I need to be happy with this and move on.
@matigo About the only thing, lately, gaining my attention is that Microsoft is releasing a Linux version of the Edge browser. I never thought something like that would happen.
“Study hard what interests you the most in the most undisciplined, irreverent and original manner possible." - Richard Feynman
Words I lived by at one point but have somehow forgotten along the way.
@matigo It's accounting software. I'd only cajole someone I didn't like into helping.