Phoenix

Commenting.

I suck at it documentation. I always forget to do it, and then I forget what the code actually does, later. Then I spend a few hours analysing my own dogshit code before scrapping the whole thing.

They’re definitely among the worst of the worst. It’s always surprised me how comparatively sterile their wiki page is. Feels like they’ve got someone cleaning it up.

If you want a pretty cool example, Le morte d’Arthur was written in prison.

Yes, but also I would hope that if you have the autonomy to install linux you also have the autonomy to look up an unknown command before running it with superuser privileges.

If I find myself repeating more than twice, I just ask “Can this be a function”. If yes, I move it there. If not, I just leave it as it is.

Life’s too short to spend all day rewriting your code.

It may be an opinion, but pointing it out won’t make me like java any more.