Mea Culpa on Alarming Development

"Programming will not grow up until our culture grows up. We can only patiently and persistently do our part to elevate the level of discourse, and share what wisdom we have gained. "

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"If you are the only one who can understand and maintain your code, then you must realize that you can never have a vacation, get a promotion, or leave the project; so, code so that anyone can understand and maintain your code so that you are not forever chained to that one piece of code in that one project."