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Readability and maintainability are at least as important as working code. Sloppy formatting costs time and money, and can lead to bugs. I don't even want to think about how much time I've had to spend re-formatting someone else's code to the point where I can read and fix it.
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Jeremy Falcon wrote: what do you guys think about sloppy code that's not formatted well?
I don't think much of it. IMHO code should be formatted so that its intent is clear. While I prefer the K&R style, I'm not picky as long as the style is readable.
/ravi
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Have you ever seen pictures of Einstein's office?
If you think 'goto' is evil, try writing an Assembly program without JMP.
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You've just realised that the cool feature you spent the last 4hrs implementing has already been implemented. By you. And in a neater manner than the code you'd just written.
I can just imagine me-from-a-few-months-back standing behind me, hand raised, about to clip me over the ear.
I'd deserve it.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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Done that more times than I can remember. 
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See the discussion just below this one...
I'd rather be phishing!
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Got something similar... Had a meeting in which I got a new request to process some specific data. Since I'm training a backup, it was decided that he would do part of it, for practice.
Scheduled some time to sit down together and work on it. I start to point out the source and destination data, then realize the destination data looks... kind of like the source data.
That's when I realized I already did it four months ago.
I had already created a new solution + project for the new translation tool, and apparently I gave it exactly the same name as I gave the one I wrote four months ago... So at least I'm consistent.
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Been there, done that. Once I bought a book on how to improve your memory. I never read it and put it aside. About a year or so later I bought the same book and didn't realize it until I brought it home to put it with the rest of my books. Good times man... good times.
Jeremy Falcon
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Yeah, that's why I got a vasectomy. Badaboom-badabing. 
Marc
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Or when you write a piece of code and it doesn't do what you intended and realize that you had wrote the same crap in the past?
New version: WinHeist Version 2.1.0
My goal in life is to have a psychiatric disorder named after me.
I'm currently unsupervised, I know it freaks me out too but the possibilities are endless.
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Early onset of Alzheimer's, perhaps? 
Seriously, yes I hate it when that happens, and I think most of us have been there once or twice.
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I guess it really is time to reimplement tasks.
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Reminds me of the Futurama episode where the professor decides to invent the Smelloscope, only to realize he invented one the previous year 
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And in a neater manner than the code you'd just written.
Don't you just hate this smartass - you from the past? I even had a case when I was not able to understand how my old code works. 
There is only one Vera Farmiga and Salma Hayek is her prophet!
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muahahahahahahahahaha
b
MCAD
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I suggest early on Old-timers disease (Alzheimers)
Conveniently that now leads me to point you to an Insider News post from Kent (thanks kent, you provided some ammo to fire your boss's way - no bonus for you![^])
Prevent Alzheimer's Disease by drinking beer?[^]
Now Maunder, we all know your sorry arsed history of skipping out on beers - as an ex medical professional I'd hazard an assessment that should you not have skipped out on those beers you'd not be in the current be-codgered state you are.
i.e. its your own bloody fault coz you're a wowser
Bryce
MCAD
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On the flip side, don't you love it when you get calls from support complaining that the product doesn't do something, and you get to tell them that it's been there right in front of them all along?
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Literally just did exactly that - was so miffed with myself I came to CP to chill for a bit - saw this.
Ah well, at least I'm not alone!
PooperPig - Coming Soon
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I am a big proponent for code reviews, prior to deployment. This is great if you work in a shop that has the people/resources to perform this and the time.
Questions
1. Who here does not believe/practice code review? If so, please explain.
2. Who here works solo and has no immediate resources to code review? If so, would you use a third party review system (community)?
Every great author has an editor, or should at least.
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1) No code reviews. I used to, but the medication keeps the other personalities at bay...
2) I work solo, but I wouldn't want external code reviews - most of the stuff I do is proprietary or covered by NDA / corporate confidentiality agreements and I wouldn't let it into the public domain.
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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OriginalGriff wrote: external code reviews
Didn't think of that. I think external reviews are a no-no. If I were to go along with one, it would be internal only. Even without an NDA, people on the outside won't know the project. I mean sometimes, you just gotta do something stupid to pay the bills, etc.
Jeremy Falcon
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OriginalGriff wrote: 1) No code reviews. I used to, but the medication keeps the other personalities at bay...
You beat me to it. Only I was going to say that I had multiple personalities;
1) Coder guy
2) QA guy
3) Code review guy
4) Beast
New version: WinHeist Version 2.1.0
My goal in life is to have a psychiatric disorder named after me.
I'm currently unsupervised, I know it freaks me out too but the possibilities are endless.
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I work solo and I tend to prefer it that way. I do think code reviews are great in theory, but I have yet to meet many programmers that are mature enough to think that their way isn't always the best way. A couple of remarkable devs come to mind, but sadly I don't work with them anymore. That being said, they have their place for helping to ensure standards. So, they aren't bad. I just apparently need to get out of the ghetto to meet better quality devs.
Jeremy Falcon
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Jeremy Falcon wrote: I work solo and I tend to prefer it that way.
The internet has that effect...
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