Tips and tricks to become a really good software developer.

💬 Topics:
- Linus Torvalds vs Google engineer;
- Common coding mistakes;
- Coding best practice;
- The importance of simplicity in software.

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Linus Torvalds' criticism of a Meta engineer's pull request sparked debate about code quality and software development culture. The incident highlights a fundamental principle: code clarity trumps abstraction. Torvalds criticized unnecessary helper functions that add indirection without value, arguing that good code should be explicit and easy to understand. The discussion reveals how industry best practices around abstraction can sometimes conflict with simplicity, and how experienced developers often favor straightforward, readable code over clever abstractions. The incident also contrasts old-school programming culture, built on deep technical knowledge and excellence, with modern development practices.

Life lessons from a coding legend...

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Just find your own style. Every company has its own coding guidelines. But my experience teached me, there is no reason to write unreadable code. If the next developer cant read it, then the code has no benefits, over simple code.

Imagine being that good. He’ is the SUDO GOAT!!

Calling him a legend may be underselling him.