A Revolver Reflection

8/3/24

1. Code is definitely read more often than it’s written
   • A: [r for r in self.rs if r.is_complete]
   • B: [row for row in self.rows if row.is_complete]
   • Will future you like A or B better?
2. A shortcut that saves you 1 hour now but causes 10 hours of debugging later is not a shortcut!
3. Avoid clever code
   • Maybe I’m just not clever enough, but I’ve done at least 3 times regretted it every time
4. 1% improvement >> 0% improvement and complaining
   • This is a compounding effect
5. Great code and analyses are convincing of their correctness
6. Every task is an opportunity to improve your skills
   • Refactoring code that you hate? See #4
   • Having a hard time debugging something? See #5