I don't understand why we don't have this attitude with everything we do. Build something with the intent that anyone could take it and build upon it. Isn't the greatest legacy one could leave behind is a stepping stone for the next idea?
Write the codebase you'd be happy to inherit from a complete stranger.
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In biology, at least, it's due to publish or perish system.
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“Always code as if the guy who ends up maintaining your code will be a violent psychopath who knows where you live.” — Martin Golding
#quotationhttp://www.muschamp.ca/Muskie/favouriteQuotationsMashup.php?q=326 … -
The real author of the quote seems to be John Woods (original 1991 thread https://groups.google.com/forum/m/#!msg/comp.lang.c++/rYCO5yn4lXw/oITtSkZOtoUJ … and discussion https://stackoverflow.com/questions/876089/who-wrote-this-programing-saying-always-code-as-if-the-guy-who-ends-up-maintai … ) Brilliant aphorism either way though.
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Chollet's Imperative? ;)
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Guess that was your motive, when you wrote keras.
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Golden rule of programming
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Me, two years later, looking at code I actually once thought I was proud of ...pic.twitter.com/CRVcBf5iV2
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Lot of gems in this thread!
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