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← Robert C. Martin's advice makes code worse, because it dismisses every correctness technique that is not unit testing.

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Everything filed under software quality software quality Everything filed under software performance software performance Everything filed under coding agents coding agents Everything filed under LLMs LLMs Everything filed under coding agents coding agents Everything filed under documentation documentation Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Robert C. Martin's advice makes code worse, because it dismisses every correctness technique that is not unit testing. Robert C. Martin's advice makes codeworse, because it dismisses everycorrectness technique that is not unittesting. Last stated 9 years ago 5 Oct 2017 HW Hillel Wayne — holds since 2017-10-05 — tap for who they are Same subject: The programming practices taught as best practice are ruinous for performance and should not be followed. — tap to centre the map on it The programming practices taught asbest practice are ruinous forperformance and should not befollowed. Last stated 4 years ago 28 Feb 2023 CM Casey Muratori — holds since 2023-02-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: The specific rules taught as clean code are simply bad programming practices, and they get worse when you apply them together. — tap to centre the map on it The specific rules taught as cleancode are simply bad programmingpractices, and they get worse whenyou apply them together. Last stated 2 months ago 26 Aug 2026 CM Casey Muratori — holds since 2026-08-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: Much of the wisdom programmers pass on to each other is nonsense that nobody ever tested, and refusing to be dogmatic about untested practice is what marks out a good engineer. — tap to centre the map on it Much of the wisdom programmers passon to each other is nonsense thatnobody ever tested, and refusing tobe dogmatic about untested practiceis what marks out a good engineer. Last stated 2 months ago 26 Aug 2026 CM Casey Muratori — holds since 2026-08-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: Overly prescriptive instructions make a coding agent worse, for the same reason a micromanaging boss makes a programmer worse. — tap to centre the map on it Overly prescriptive instructionsmake a coding agent worse, for thesame reason a micromanaging bossmakes a programmer worse. Last stated 2 months ago 26 Aug 2026 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2026-08-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: Being rude to a language model makes it perform worse. — tap to centre the map on it Being rude to a language model makesit perform worse. Last stated 9 months ago 22 Jan 2026 SK Steve Klabnik — holds since 2026-01-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: When an AI writes bad code the thing to fix is the context it was given, not the code, because fixing the output adds no leverage. — tap to centre the map on it When an AI writes bad code the thingto fix is the context it was given,not the code, because fixing theoutput adds no leverage. Last stated a year ago 18 Aug 2025 BT Bret Taylor — holds since 2025-08-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: Code that is complex or clever can pass its tests while still being bad code. — tap to centre the map on it Code that is complex or clever canpass its tests while still being badcode. Last stated 11 years ago 22 Oct 2015 TB Thorsten Ball — holds since 2015-10-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: The material that teaches people how to program is overwhelmingly bad, because the programmers who know how to do it well rarely think it is worth writing down. — tap to centre the map on it The material that teaches people howto program is overwhelmingly bad,because the programmers who know howto do it well rarely think it isworth writing down. Last stated 12 years ago 28 May 2014 CM Casey Muratori — holds since 2014-05-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: 95 percent of the software made in an age of abundance will be shitty, and shitty software is easy to deal with because it goes away. — tap to centre the map on it 95 percent of the software made inan age of abundance will be shitty,and shitty software is easy to dealwith because it goes away. Last stated 4 weeks ago 23 Sept 2026 GT Geoff Teehan — holds since 2026-09-23 — tap for who they are Same subject: A feature added to a codebase is extremely difficult to remove once other code is built on top of it. — tap to centre the map on it A feature added to a codebase isextremely difficult to remove onceother code is built on top of it. Last stated 2 months ago 1 Sept 2026 VB Vicki Boykis — holds since 2026-09-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: A feature shipped in a product's official release is fair to judge, regardless of whether the company labels it a beta. — tap to centre the map on it A feature shipped in a product'sofficial release is fair to judge,regardless of whether the companylabels it a beta. Last stated a month ago 14 Sept 2026 JS Jason Snell — holds since 2026-09-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI-assisted coding will generate a lot of low-quality output that developers will need to clean up, even as it also produces good results. — tap to centre the map on it AI-assisted coding will generate alot of low-quality output thatdevelopers will need to clean up,even as it also produces goodresults. Last stated 8 months ago 9 Feb 2026 SH Scott Hanselman — holds since 2026-02-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI-generated code should be treated as untrusted until there is evidence it preserves the intended behavior. — tap to centre the map on it AI-generated code should be treatedas untrusted until there is evidenceit preserves the intended behavior. Last stated 2 months ago 19 Aug 2026 JS Jon Seager — holds since 2026-08-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: As AI makes it easier to generate code, teams must delete code more aggressively or be overwhelmed by accumulated complexity. — tap to centre the map on it As AI makes it easier to generatecode, teams must delete code moreaggressively or be overwhelmed byaccumulated complexity. Last stated 2 months ago 1 Sept 2026 VB Vicki Boykis — holds since 2026-09-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: CMake tooling is missing a linter that could statically catch most CMakeLists.txt mistakes. — tap to centre the map on it CMake tooling is missing a linterthat could statically catch mostCMakeLists.txt mistakes. Last stated a month ago 20 Sept 2026 CW Chris Wellons — holds since 2026-09-20 — tap for who they are Same subject: Comparing code coverage between passing and failing test runs is a cheap, effective way to localize a bug quickly. — tap to centre the map on it Comparing code coverage betweenpassing and failing test runs is acheap, effective way to localize abug quickly. Last stated a year ago 25 Apr 2025 RC Russ Cox — holds since 2025-04-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: Everyone is rethinking code reviews, deploys, and possibly observability — tap to centre the map on it Everyone is rethinking code reviews,deploys, and possibly observability Last stated a month ago 16 Sept 2026 GO Gergely Orosz — holds since 2026-09-16 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Robert C. Martin's advice makes code worse, because it dismisses every correctness technique that is not unit testing. Last stated 5 Oct 2017 · 9 years ago Holds Hillel Wayne Read this korrent →