The Boy Scout Rule

This post is going to be a little different.

Most engineers have heard of the 'boy-scout rule': 'Always leave the code better than you found it.' It's often been heralded as a magic cure for technical debt; if only all software engineers behaved like good citizens, our software wouldn't deteriorate so relentlessly.

A small snippet from an office talk describing impact of it on real projects:

Sameer Kumar on LinkedIn: Sameer on coding standards

Most engineers have heard of the 'boy-scout rule': 'Always leave the code better than you found it.' It's often been heralded as a magic cure for...

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Audio snippet:

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The @Ninja_Engineer_ draws analogies between art and coding because to him coding is no less than art.

In todays #TarkaTalks clip, Sameer talks about code standards, leaving behind a legacy between the lines, and why microseconds matter.

13:36 PM - 23 May 2022

What you think about conscious negligence and voluntarily clearing technical debt left by previous engineers?

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