macrocephalopod on Twitter: "Whether I'm writing trading code or simulations or research infrastructure, I've almost never regretted taking the path of simplicity/less generality/fewer abstractions. Can add that stuff later if needed. All my software regrets come from over-engineering at the beginning."

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1. Flaky Puff (Secretly Chinese)‏ @DecadentPuff 15 Dec 2021
  Replying to @macrocephalopod
  
  I find that locked into a cycle where I don't have time to refactor to a cleaner solution so I take the spaghetti way out but that makes refactoring even harder...
  
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1. Jordan Williams‏ @jordw 15 Dec 2021
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  An added benefit of thinking this way is not wasting time agonizing over perfect abstractions instead of just getting to working code quickly.
  
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1. David Lapchuk‏ @DaveLapchuk 15 Dec 2021
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  There is nothing more satisfying in life than deleting unnecessarily complicated unused code.
  
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1. Bahamas Trading‏ @Shamitha_R 15 Dec 2021
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  I always take the path that gets me to prod the fastest (functionality intact). In this game to make money, not to write pretty code.
  
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1. Minh Nguyen‏ @minsilenth 15 Dec 2021
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  What I’ve found is that if I’m not hard coding anything I’m essentially procrastinating in a way.
  
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1. π* | totlsota | ¤‏ @totlsota 15 Dec 2021
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  "If I had more time, I'dve written less". It is hard to be brief, but SO worth it! The best software devs I've been able to work with are best at exactly what you suggest - don't prematurely generalise (and create crap to move around later).
  
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1. Ronan Cosgrave‏ @ronan_cosgrave 15 Dec 2021
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  Amen
  
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1. dcorrelate‏ @dcorrelate_ 15 Dec 2021
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  Could not agree more.
  
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