I Like To Think I'm Pretty Good

Honestly, I Spend Very Little Time Thinking About Past Events, And I Certainly Don't Have Them Ranked In Any Way. I Look Back And Think That I Have Done A Lot Of Good Work Over The Years, But I Am Much More Excited About What The Future Holds.

Sometimes, The Elegant Implementation Is Just A Function. Not A Method. Not A Class. Not A Framework. Just A Function.

The Cost Of Adding A Feature Isn't Just The Time It Takes To Code It. The Cost Also Includes The Addition Of An Obstacle To Future Expansion. ... The Trick Is To Pick The Features That Don't Fight Each Other.

The Important Point Is That The Cost Of Adding A Feature Isn't Just The Time It Takes To Code It. The Cost Also Includes The Addition Of An Obstacle To Future Expansion. Sure, Any Given Feature List Can Be Implemented, Given Enough Coding Time. But In Addition To Coming Out Late, You Will Usually Wind Up With A Codebase That Is So Fragile That New Ideas That Should Be Dead-simple Wind Up Taking Longer And Longer To Work Into The Tangled Existing Web. The Trick Is To Pick The Features That Don't Fight Each Other.

Some Cynical People Think That Every Activity Must Revolve Around The Mighty Dollar, And That Anyone Saying Otherwise Is Just Attempting To Delude The Public. I Will Probably Never Be Able To Convice Them That That Isn't Always The Case, But I Do Have The Satisfaction Of Knowing That I Live In A Less Dingy World Than They Do.