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Code is read more than it's written
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pubDate: 2023-09-10
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archive/2023/09/10/code-is-read-more-than-it-s-written
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- software-development
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A lot of code is written once by one person and not changed again.
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But it's read by multiple people at multiple times.
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If the code is read more than it's written, we should be optimising it for readability so it's easier for people to understand.
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The application doesn't care whether you wrote the code the "clever" way or the "boring" way, but people will appreciate the more readable version.
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If I need to review or work on the code in the future, I want to read and understand it easily.
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