[webZero]

Thats why i am seeing DB schemas without indexes lately. End of the day people with this kinda thinking make others to fix the broken code that they left behind.

As a senior software engineer i had to spend a lot of time at night fixing code written by junior devs and interns.

the code that company and devs (just ifs and loops gang) proud of was a pain in the ass for me so i quit the job entirly and do freelancing these days.

I tried to explain how something was wrong and why but no one would listen all believe they were 10x developers, Life lesson learned, never ever try to correct an idiot.

Here are some of the practices they followed * No indexes on tables, not even unique * No DRY, NO KISS * Switching to new shiny framework/library every week * no tests * Keeping entire codebase in a single file (4k LOC) * no versioning * Exposing DB credentials to the entire internet and not acting when being warned

[hnarn]

I think there's a general lesson to be learned here, which is that you should be wary of any colleague within any branch of IT that honestly claims the things you're working on are "simple". I'll take an insecure colleague that wants to do a good job over a confident colleague that refuses to listen any day.

Writing code that works is simple. Writing code that doesn't break is not simple.

[dan-robertson]

Isn’t this just a rant that the senior management/devs failed to set up an environment[1] to stop this sort of thing happening? I don’t really understand how it’s related to the linked tweet or the subtext of it.

[1] either a policy like strict code review or perhaps a cultural change about quality or responsibility or mentorship.

[webZero]

I was brought into to work on a 2 years old project built by junior devs and interns.

Companies thought they were saving money and devs thought they were born coders so no to read a book on software architecture/engineering and hence i had to deal with the big pile of ....

[fdgsdfogijq]

Yup, when I encounter these massive abstract code bases, with some tyrant "genius" running the team, I just walk away quietly.

[eptcyka]

4K LoC is small.