Lobsters October 2019

Tag: BEST-OF
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Created: 2019/10/9
Updated: 2019/10/31

/u/smaddox is working on a https://sneakysnake.io, which looks pretty legit.

https://lobste.rs/s/lslufx/what_are_you_doing_this_weekend#c_mdqle5

/u/hwayne asserts that software is not special when it comes to difficulty with estimates, that either software can be estimated, or nothing can:

https://lobste.rs/s/y5sjbx/yes_you_should_estimate_software#c_mjga1x

/u/Pistos calls for giving code the developers of code that looks ugly at first glance a strong benefit of the doubt, which I strongly agree with.

https://lobste.rs/s/tyuc8t/stop_calling_it_bad_code#c_7okfm3

/u/gecko on the tradeoffs of and when not to change code.

https://lobste.rs/s/s2xjng/advice_programmers_if_it_works_don_t_fix_it#c_qdtpvg