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| bio | website | handcraftedgames.com |
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| location | United Kingdom | |
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| visits | member for | 2 years |
| seen | Mar 25 at 14:05 | |
| stats | profile views | 23 |
Rabidly inventive game designer & developer.
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Feb 26 |
awarded | Constituent |
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Feb 19 |
awarded | Caucus |
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May 3 |
awarded | Yearling |
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Feb 11 |
awarded | Critic |
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Jan 29 |
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How can we inspire “hacker” culture? I... really don't see the connection between commoditisation and hacking, I'm sorry. I doubt others will, either, because it's not clear what goal your question has. Why would you want to "inspire" hacker culture? Your tastes are your tastes, not all of us want to be hackers! |
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Jan 26 |
awarded | Nice Question |
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Jan 26 |
accepted | In a legacy codebase, how do I quickly find out what is being used and what isn't? |
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Jan 26 |
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In a legacy codebase, how do I quickly find out what is being used and what isn't? Yeah, I don't think it's as clear cut as that, though that book looks worth reading. It does depend very much on the size/complexity of the codebase, and warm bodies available to do the work. |
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Jan 26 |
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In a legacy codebase, how do I quickly find out what is being used and what isn't? +1 This is a fantastic answer. Where's that +5 button gotten to... |
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Jan 26 |
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In a legacy codebase, how do I quickly find out what is being used and what isn't? +1. In response to Joel's comment, "It bloody well shouldn't be." Because I don't see the problem as inherent. I see it as being partly the fact that many people write shoddy code and don't care, while many others write reasonably good code but live by the "self-documenting code" concept... which is just plain BS: One may flatter one's own coding style all one wishes in privacy, but when it comes to public codebases just spawn comments like there's no tomorrow. Doesn't hurt. And finally there are people who have to get things working in a legacy codebases, on a tight time budget. |
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Jan 26 |
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In a legacy codebase, how do I quickly find out what is being used and what isn't? @Oded Rename is definitely easier than trial-and-error deletion! Good thinking there. That's one more tool in the box. |
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Jan 26 |
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In a legacy codebase, how do I quickly find out what is being used and what isn't? Thanks. Although your answer's somewhat Java specific, it's interesting to see your layered approach... peeling the onion, so to speak. Something to think about. |
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Jan 26 |
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In a legacy codebase, how do I quickly find out what is being used and what isn't? @jcmeloni No, I'm not being paid for the evaluation. But in my experience, and from small things I have picked up in the last couple of days, they don't have anyone else at the table right now. My skillset is fairly unusual, so I'm even more at ease that they don't have anyone else competing for it, based on the quote. The actual quote in question is from my client-to-be to their client, who is planning to re-award them the contract. Really from my end, I am meant to assist them in providing said quote. HTH. |
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Jan 26 |
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In a legacy codebase, how do I quickly find out what is being used and what isn't? Ordinarily I'd be 100% with you on the toss-and-rewrite approach. But in this instance (and at least for now), I am to be paid just for work to maintain the site, rather than a more extensive overhaul which would take several weeks. Also, even if I wanted to right now, I couldn't keep up with doing that and holding down the other contracts I have on the go, since my weekly availability for this is explicitly limited -- my primary contract must be fulfilled to its 40 hour weekly minimum. |
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Jan 26 |
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In a legacy codebase, how do I quickly find out what is being used and what isn't? added 49 characters in body |
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Jan 26 |
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In a legacy codebase, how do I quickly find out what is being used and what isn't? added 25 characters in body |
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Jan 26 |
asked | In a legacy codebase, how do I quickly find out what is being used and what isn't? |
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Jan 13 |
answered | How to avoid “DO YOU HAZ TEH CODEZ” situations? |
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Dec 15 |
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Do TODO comments make sense? Yep, given a listing in your IDE, they are helpful. I would say they're of very limited use otherwise, since the codebase may be enormous. |
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Dec 14 |
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How do quick & dirty programmers know they got it right? This is definitely the most insightful answer here. Thanks for sharing. |
