From 3e84dff33f16591cbb2bf03a61b0686346dd84d7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Oliver Davies Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2023 07:06:54 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] daily-email: add 2023-09-10 Code is read more than it's written --- src/content/daily-email/2023-09-10.md | 19 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+) create mode 100644 src/content/daily-email/2023-09-10.md diff --git a/src/content/daily-email/2023-09-10.md b/src/content/daily-email/2023-09-10.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..a927f52a --- /dev/null +++ b/src/content/daily-email/2023-09-10.md @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ +--- +title: > + Code is read more than it's written +pubDate: 2023-09-10 +permalink: > + archive/2023/09/10/code-is-read-more-than-it-s-written +tags: + - software-development +--- + +A lot of code is written once by one person and not changed again. + +But it's read by multiple people at multiple times. + +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. + +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. + +If I need to review or work on the code in the future, I want to read and understand it easily.