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123 points foxfired | 3 comments | 03 Apr 25 00:53 UTC | HN request time: 0.217s | source

1. yawnxyz ◴[03 Apr 25 02:48 UTC] No.43564155[source]▶

if this was true, then leetcode wouldn't be the cost of admission?

2. jimbob45 ◴[03 Apr 25 03:17 UTC] No.43564303[source]▶

The article’s argument was that the company was able to migrate away from his code quickly, so his code didn’t matter.

That’s…an argument. I think most developers, myself included, find the idea of migration to be almost impossible in many cases. The author handwaved that away too easily.

3. Manuel_D ◴[03 Apr 25 03:26 UTC] No.43564357[source]▶

>>43564155 (TP) #

Writing code may not be the ultimate objective of software developers, but it is one of the primary tools to achieve that objective.

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