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On "Software Developers Never Change"

May 14 2008
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Nick B writes today about some of the traditional "I'm smarter than you OR your mama" developers face. Though I would agree with an overwhelming majority of the points he makes and with virtually all of his rather comical approach, I feel as though I have something to add.

Best part is that it's relatively simple and I can make my point in a fraction of the time it took Nick to make his (not saying he took too long, I'm just going to be more condensed as I'm ready to go home). 

It's simple - there should never be a qualitative discussion of code. It's that stinking simple. If I do it with prototype and you do it with jquery, who gives a rat's ass which framework is better, so long as both approaches resolve to the same end? The bottom line is this - there is no such thing as better code, as long as the code you wrote solves the problem it was meant to solve. Just because a better way comes along, the old way does not automatically become the bad way. Improvement does not denote previous failure. Improvement is indicative of progress. 

There will always arise a better mouse trap if you wait long enough.

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