Ask HN: Have you ever seen a perfect codebase?
In my experience even the best software projects have a few skeletons in their closet, blemishes on an otherwise well-built project. At the end of the day, we all have to build things that simply work and provide business value. Striving for perfect code is not the goal. But it does make me wonder: does perfect software even exist? If not, what's the gold standard? 3 comments on Hacker News.
In my experience even the best software projects have a few skeletons in their closet, blemishes on an otherwise well-built project. At the end of the day, we all have to build things that simply work and provide business value. Striving for perfect code is not the goal. But it does make me wonder: does perfect software even exist? If not, what's the gold standard?
In my experience even the best software projects have a few skeletons in their closet, blemishes on an otherwise well-built project. At the end of the day, we all have to build things that simply work and provide business value. Striving for perfect code is not the goal. But it does make me wonder: does perfect software even exist? If not, what's the gold standard? 3 comments on Hacker News.
In my experience even the best software projects have a few skeletons in their closet, blemishes on an otherwise well-built project. At the end of the day, we all have to build things that simply work and provide business value. Striving for perfect code is not the goal. But it does make me wonder: does perfect software even exist? If not, what's the gold standard?
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