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Discussion on: Livable code, embrace the practical mess

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Joe Petrakovich

Excellent article. I'm working on one right now and the question arose for me about too much cleanliness. It's an interesting balance, to share a technique about keeping code clean, but factoring in how that will actually play out in a mature code base or on a diverse team.

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John Hotterbeekx

Thanks! I found more and more that when looking at code all I was thinking how it could be improved, cleaned and refactored. While it's great to have this awareness I think a key point in that balance is accepting the code base and not being ashamed of it.