Maybe you didn’t mean to be so absolute in the first sentence? Our field is an art. An unmediated connection between one’s inner process and the code one writes can produce very compelling work that stands apart from others. In some cases, that work can prove “legendary”. That it may later take some support, documentation, study, and unwinding to make it maintainable doesn’t mean that the solitary effort shouldn’t be pursued in the first place.
> Fabrice Belladd … legendary feats of coding
Maybe you didn’t mean to be so absolute in the first sentence? Our field is an art. An unmediated connection between one’s inner process and the code one writes can produce very compelling work that stands apart from others. In some cases, that work can prove “legendary”. That it may later take some support, documentation, study, and unwinding to make it maintainable doesn’t mean that the solitary effort shouldn’t be pursued in the first place.