I have a saying I've given to every programmer I've mentored, that builds on what Larry Wall said:
Good programmers are Lazy, Shy, Dry, and Spry.
Lazy - Same thing, but also with emphasis on automation and guarding against overengineering
Shy - Encapsulating code modules and writing to enable testing in isolation
Dry - Don't repeat yourself, automate where you can when you can
Spry - Always be willing to adapt better processes, adopt the Agile mindset and don't be a slave to any one process or technique. At a deeper level this includes striving for the Ri level of Shu Ha Ri in our programming skills [1]
The above is going in a book I'm writing, albeit slowly.
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[ 0.32 ms ] story [ 13.8 ms ] threadLazy - Same thing, but also with emphasis on automation and guarding against overengineering
Shy - Encapsulating code modules and writing to enable testing in isolation
Dry - Don't repeat yourself, automate where you can when you can
Spry - Always be willing to adapt better processes, adopt the Agile mindset and don't be a slave to any one process or technique. At a deeper level this includes striving for the Ri level of Shu Ha Ri in our programming skills [1]
The above is going in a book I'm writing, albeit slowly.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shuhari