mikecotton's comments

mikecotton | 15 years ago | on: Stop complaining and pay programmers more

Unless management has made the decision to invest in a solid-wall backstop of functional tests, then no amount of great programmers can clean up a codebase. I've known and learned from some of the best coders alive, and none of them would wade into a known-good codebase that they didn't have solid experience with or responsibility for and start refactoring. Code that they were on the hook for? Open season. Code that someone else was going to get the call on at 3 a.m.? Wouldn't touch it with a ten-foot pole.

Given that, I wouldn't expect '50% of any companies' to be good. "If it ain't broke..." is really good advice about 95% of the time. If you're 50-100% overbooked, you don't screw with other peoples' code just to try to make things better around the office.

mikecotton | 18 years ago | on: Facebook CTO Adam D’Angelo to leave the company

Jeff Rothschild will likely take over a lot of his portfolio, which is good for Facebook, because that guy is rockstar.

mikecotton | 18 years ago | on: Ask YC: Startup School attendee seeks followup with Adam Selipsky

Thanks, I'll contact him.

mikecotton | 18 years ago | on: Codepad.org, a pastebin that executes code

This is sweet. So useful for getting help with code or showing someone how to do something.