In defense of not understanding your codebase

(seangoedecke.com)

4 points | by saikatsg 11 hours ago ago

2 comments

  • bediger4000 10 hours ago ago

    Looking at this blog post, and the history of blog posts from this blog on HN - Goedecke apparently assumes his audience is VP's and CTO's. Goedkecke doesn't quite write the anodyne sound bites that Seth Godin does, but neither does he write anything of engineering use, just vocabulary explainers for people who want to know kind of what their tech leads and line managers are talking about.

    • turtleyacht 10 hours ago ago

      It's disconcerting most of the time. I follow the technical line of reasoning, and then it goes off into a kind of uncomfortable place.

      Deferring to their experience, but thinking, "Is this what winning is?" And wondering if that is the natural endpoint of progression.