Re: Consumable ammunition will not be removed in patch 3.1

On 12 Feb, 17:09, Palindrome <damon-no...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Thu, 12 Feb 2009 11:01:19 -0600, pv+use...@xxxxxxxxx (PV) wrote:
yoj...@xxxxxxxxx writes:
Ok, my bad. I was assuming (incorrectly, I guess) that they had a
modicum of software engineering and prototyping experience, and that
they weren't just coding by the seat of their pants.

ALL coding is by the seat of your pants. Or at least everyone's code but
your own is. When you maintain a huge piece of software for years, it's
something that you must never forget. *

Yes, it... grows...  in unexpected directions, and gets more and more
tangled, like spaghetti on a plate.  Don't even mention the unexpected
meatballs you find.  Tidy code is a myth, heh.

Nah.... it's sometimes* tidy up until the first release to testing and
then they say "why doesn't it do this?" and you say "because you
didn't ask us to make it that way". Then you need to hack and slash
your way through the code to implement this unforseen feature that the
business analysts failed to spot and requires a re-design that you
don't have the budget for.

*sometimes refers to small projects that take a month or less to code.

steve.kaye
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