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Ben Nadel at Scotch On The Rocks (SOTR) 2011 (Edinburgh) with: Gary Boyle
Ben Nadel at Scotch On The Rocks (SOTR) 2011 (Edinburgh) with: Gary Boyle ( @bunnyboyler )

Working Code Podcast - Episode 192: The Best And Worst Code

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On today's show we discuss some of the best code that we've seen and some of the worst code that we've seen. But, "best" and "worst" are fuzzy terms. What does it meant when we even talk about code quality? Does it relate to the maintainability of the code? Does it pertain to revenue generation for the company or how many problems were solved for the customer? Is it about being DRY (Don't Repeat Yourself) or WET (Write Everything Twice) in your intentions? How much does debuggability and logging matter? And, is the best code really just the most boring and predictable code?

All that and more on this week's show:

... featuring these beautiful, beautiful people:

With audio editing and engineering by ZCross Media.

For the full show notes and links, visit the episode page. And, be sure to follow the show and come chat with us on Discord! Our website is workingcode.dev and we're @WorkingCodePod on Twitter and Instagram. New episodes drop weekly on Wednesday.

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