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Should you write good documentation and clean code to increase the “Bus Factor”?

One of the main goals of software development companies is to increase their Bus factor This is also advocated in a talk that was organized by Google. That means that you should code and document ...
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Is there an open-source project that can be an example of well-written code? [closed]

The title express my intention. I want to see the code of a big project that can be considered a good example of good code writing (clean code, modularization, comments, etc.) I don't want to know if ...
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Why is Clean Code suggesting avoiding protected variables?

Clean Code suggests avoiding protected variables in the "Vertical Distance" section of the "Formatting" chapter: Concepts that are closely related should be kept vertically close to each other. ...
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What does Clean Code mean to you? [closed]

A group of developers and I recently started a book club, and our first book of choice is Clean Code by Robert C. Martin. It is a great book on software craftsmanship and I would highly recommend it. ...