Do you copy paste your code?

#programming #coding #softwareengineer

[conigliana]

there are two types of people:
1. those who copy/paste their code
2. liars

[NabekenProG]

Imagine rewriting the same code for different projects just so you can re-experience the bugs you already encountered

[mrskwrl]

Literally everyone copy/pastes everything. It's called efficiency.

[kyuss]

At work you are getting paid to build a product. Not write code.

[oskrm]

Sure, I will rewrite this helper function for the 193rd time.

[borisdescubes]

Why would you solve the same problem multiple times if you've already solved it before? No point wasting brainpower when it can be better spent elsewhere

[spaceghost]

“That’s trash!” - 19 year old that’s never worked in a production environment.

[gothparadigm]

why does this clip make it seem like he's being held hostage? 😂

[twopheat]

Absolutely zero developers write every single file from scratch from top to bottom. There’s literally not enough time in the day to literally write every single file and every line of code from scratch. Nobody gets paid for that. The interviewer seems like a noob.

[Clovis_the_Cat]

Who the hell doesn't copy/paste and reuse code?

[patrickeriksson]

HOT TAKE: If you’re not copy pasting code, you’re abstracting too early.

I will often copy/paste a component (as opposed to re-use) when the spec sounds similar to a previous one. Usually, what ends up happening is that once the details of the component crystallize, they turn out to be quite different, and so re-using the previous component would’ve been the wrong abstraction.

[lbj]

Coding proverb:
"Don't reinvent the wheel."

[awesomebearaudiobooks]

Dude, I NEVER copy/paste the code!
What I do instead, is just manually re-type everything from the internet as loudly as possible so that people would think I am a productive programmer.

[AarPlays]

You don't need to reinvent the wheel every time you make a car. If you use libraries you're "copy and pasting" the code all the time. That's exactly what they're used for.

[phatkin]

no no, he doesn't "copy-paste his own code", he "developed a library of personal utilities"

[chaoticpoly]

i heard somewhere something along the lines of
"don't solve problems that already have a solution"

[bandanaboii]

Programming is about creating a solution... not writing code

[acollierr]

Literally copied/pasted a config file, changed two lines, committed it, and called it a day.

[chonmon]

Dude, if you can just keep 'copy and paste'ing your own code every time, that means you write code :)

[rsrdgaming]

As a game dev, most items don’t need to be reinvented