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panic
on Sept 25, 2018
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How we rolled out one of the largest Python 3 migr...
The job of a programmer is to write code, so that’s what they do. I doubt there are very many people at Dropbox whose job it is to remove code!
maltalex
on Sept 25, 2018
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That’s an extremely narrow definition of a programmer’s job.
I think that in terms of lines if code, my contribution to many projects was net negative.
icebraining
on Sept 26, 2018
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The classic story:
https://www.folklore.org/StoryView.py?story=Negative_2000_Li...
MisterOctober
on Sept 26, 2018
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I dunno - refactoring often involves removal of a fair bit of code
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