Why are more senior engineers willing to leave code messier?
jimmykoppel · x · 2026-10-16
Software engineer Jimmy Koppel poses a paradox: why are more senior engineers willing to leave more code messy, and is there deeper wisdom behind it? He links to a longer discussion.
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