Skilled Developer Advocates Controversial 'Let Code Fail' Approach for Refactoring
Summary
A skilled developer advocates the controversial 'let code fail' approach, allowing unmaintainable code to break to force companies to allocate resources for refactoring, despite not consistently seeing it work in practice.
Key Points
- The author is a skilled software developer who values writing maintainable and well-structured code
- Most professional software developers prioritize rapid delivery over code quality since they frequently change jobs
- The author suggests letting unmaintainable code fail to force companies to allocate resources for refactoring, but has not seen this approach consistently work