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I don't focus on quality because I like quality. I couldn't give a flying toss.

I care about quality because tomorrow I still have to work with this stuff. In 10 years, I have to remember why I decided to do it this way, and I have to be able to extend it to satisfy the business needs then. I leave it in a way I won't want to find the original developer (me) and go full Law Abiding Citizen on them.



We are an extreme minority.

AFAIK, most developers out there want to spend the minimum time on the problem right now, and plans to jump ship tomorrow into somebody's else mess.


Definitely, we agree on this. It's about stability and maintainability, I couldn't care less about naming standards, indentation rules or whatever, as long as it's consistent.


> I don't focus on quality because I like quality. I couldn't give a flying toss.

Why not? Did noone in your life teach you to build things well and take pride in your work?


That's correct.




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