Which idiot did write that code?

Last Update: 12.03.2018. By Jens in Developers Life | Learning | Newsletter

Did you ever come across a piece of code and you though “wtf??? which idiot did write that junk?”.

And when you browse through the history to find out who the culprit was…

it points to you!

Welcome to the club.

But do you also know that’s a good sign?

You’ve made progress. You became better.

If we still write the same code as a year before, it is a clear sign that we did not make any progress at all. We did not get better at our craft of choice

In the next weeks, I’ll be starting to work on an old codebase. A codebase I’ve contributed to in the past. So 6 to 10 years ago. I wonder how many “fuck, that was me” moments I’ll get.