Comments on: Bad Code http://jesus-blog.com/bad-code/bad-code.html Jesus-blog.com Wed, 24 Aug 2011 15:31:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Steve http://jesus-blog.com/bad-code/bad-code.html/comment-page-1#comment-229 Steve Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:05:29 +0000 http://blog.nathanwhitworth.co.uk/?p=112#comment-229 Though a quick comment on what the code would have looked like if you had written it would be nice ;) Though a quick comment on what the code would have looked like if you had written it would be nice ;)

]]> By: Steve http://jesus-blog.com/bad-code/bad-code.html/comment-page-1#comment-228 Steve Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:02:36 +0000 http://blog.nathanwhitworth.co.uk/?p=112#comment-228 hehe that looks like my code from about 8 years ago! This highlights a downside of opening stuff up to plugin developers, the Open Source project in question is a big enterprise and, iirc, has full time staff, so they could make it decent code with no real effort (assuming they know what decent code looks like) but they can't without destroying hundreds of plugins Open Source can be great... but it can also tie your hands hehe that looks like my code from about 8 years ago!

This highlights a downside of opening stuff up to plugin developers, the Open Source project in question is a big enterprise and, iirc, has full time staff, so they could make it decent code with no real effort (assuming they know what decent code looks like) but they can’t without destroying hundreds of plugins

Open Source can be great… but it can also tie your hands

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