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    1. Sarah Mei‏Verified account @sarahmei Jan 30
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      Just like its physical analog, a hoarded codebase only improves if you intensively work on changing those habits. This means deciding you will always do small, opportunistic refactorings when they appear to you in the course of fixing a bug or adding a feature.

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    2. Sarah Mei‏Verified account @sarahmei Jan 30
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      I’m not talking about taking three extra days on a 1-point story to totally rewrite the user class. I’m talking about noticing a method you’re working in is out of place, and moving it - even if you don’t have time to extract the rest of the concept from the 8000-line file.

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    3. Sarah Mei‏Verified account @sarahmei Jan 30
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      Just like when you’re dealing with its physical analog, your number one most important mantra when you want to improve a hoarded codebase is: Improvement Over Consistency.

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    4. Sarah Mei‏Verified account @sarahmei Jan 30
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      This is SO HARD for us as developers. It gets drilled into us from day one that consistency is key to good code. And if you had good code, then sure, that would be true. But right now you don’t. Improvement Over Consistency.

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    5. Sarah Mei‏Verified account @sarahmei Jan 30
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      One book on the shelf and five in the pile is better than six books in the pile. Improvement Over Consistency.

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    6. Sarah Mei‏Verified account @sarahmei Jan 30
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      So where does communication skill come into all this, you might ask? Is this another rambling thread that took an unexpected turn into philosophy and isn’t coming back? (I mean, that’s a fair cop. I do a lot of those.)

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    7. Sarah Mei‏Verified account @sarahmei Jan 30
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      Well, let’s say I’ve convinced you that you need to do those small, opportunistic refactorings. You’re all in! You’re ready to work through the discomfort of introducing deliberate inconsistency in the name of improvement over time! Fantastic! HOW do you do that?

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    8. Sarah Mei‏Verified account @sarahmei Jan 30
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      Remember, there were TWO problems that got you here - organizational pressure to forego refactoring, and a feeling that refactoring can only be done when you have time to do it all at once. At this point, we’ve only fixed the easier problem.

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    9. Sarah Mei‏Verified account @sarahmei Jan 30
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      There are many in the Software Development Thoughtleadership Corps™️ who take an individual, moralistic approach to organizational pressure. “It’s your job as a professional!” they say. “Just write good code! If they push back, just tell them ‘that’s not how I work!’”

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    10. Sarah Mei‏Verified account @sarahmei Jan 31
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      This, of course, is horrible advice that comes from a place of extreme privilege. It does _occasionally_ work for white dudes. For most of us, though, if we tried it, we’d be labeled “difficult” or “naïve” and eventually managed out via tepid performance reviews.

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      Alfredski‏ @rubixcom Jan 31
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      I don't understand why not use the terms "privileged/selfish/ignorant jerks/arseholes" instead of "white dudes"... Not all "white dudes" are jerks and we have more than enough such adjectives to make your point WITHOUT generalising and resorting to sexism and racism,

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        2. Sarah Mei‏Verified account @sarahmei Jan 31
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          Are you disputing what I actually said, that “It does _occasionally_ work for white dudes”? Because it does, occasionally, work for white dudes. I’ve seen it happen! Never seen it work for anyone else.

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        3. Sarah Mei‏Verified account @sarahmei Jan 31
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          You’ll notice that I never said, nor even implied, that it works for all white dudes, OR that the ones it has worked for are jerks. You’re projecting your own insecurity into my words. That has nothing to do with me. You might want to work on that 😊

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