top | item 46044970 (no title) anilgulecha | 3 months ago For the longest time, Linus's dictum "Talk is cheap. Show me the code" held. Now that's fallen! New rules for the new world are needed.. discuss order hn newest Cthulhu_|3 months ago I don't think it's fallen, but if the code is 13K LOC and written without any prior planning, nobody will read it. aarestad|3 months ago “code is cheap, show me the talk” - ie “show me you _understand_ the ‘cheap’ code” svantana|3 months ago Doesn't work in this case because the 'talk' (github PR comments) is also computer generated. But in person (i.e. at work) it's a good strategy
Cthulhu_|3 months ago I don't think it's fallen, but if the code is 13K LOC and written without any prior planning, nobody will read it.
aarestad|3 months ago “code is cheap, show me the talk” - ie “show me you _understand_ the ‘cheap’ code” svantana|3 months ago Doesn't work in this case because the 'talk' (github PR comments) is also computer generated. But in person (i.e. at work) it's a good strategy
svantana|3 months ago Doesn't work in this case because the 'talk' (github PR comments) is also computer generated. But in person (i.e. at work) it's a good strategy
Cthulhu_|3 months ago
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svantana|3 months ago