• Vulwsztyn@lemmy.world
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      10 months ago

      Please don’t, at least at the beginning, Uncle Bob is widely reputed to have done as much harm with his OOP work as he has done good, if not more.

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        10 months ago

        Look don’t be dogmatic with anything. Read it. Understand everyone has opinions. There are tradeoffs for every engineering decision. EVERY decision.

        Learn to weigh them yourself and learn the intricacies of where it doesn’t make sense and where it does

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        10 months ago

        I’d appreciate some qualification on “widely reputed” + “as much.” I’d concede it’s common knowledge that dogmatically following his advice is a mistake, but I’m surprised by the claim that his advice is mostly harmful.