My boss showed me his old code from 2015 next to his new stuff and I finally got why people say to just keep building things | Coding For Beginners - Free To Speak
My boss showed me his old code from 2015 next to his new stuff and I finally got why people say to just keep building things
He pulled up two folders on his screen at lunch, one from a weather app he made 8 years ago with 400 lines in a single file, and one from last month that was split into 12 small files with tests. The old one worked but he said every time he touched it something else broke, and the new one he can change one piece without fear. For those of you who have been coding a while, did you notice a turning point like that, and was it from a specific project or just time in the chair?