It’s an old person thing. We learned to program way before the internet, when one only had a language reference, some vague requirements, and a lot of time. Things took much longer, and communication tools didn’t exist. Maintainability was once a big deal.
These days, it’s easier to do a search, grab a snippet, and paste. There’s little need for reusability. Extrapolating a bit, I imagine in a few years, we’ll have one big ‘library’ of functions built into our IDE (built, and copyrighted by Google or Microsoft, of course).
Programming used to be skilled labor, but now it’s kind of dumbed down for higher productivity. A natural evolution.
Personally, I’m trying to re-train myself for the more modern rapid-fire programming. I’m not completely convinced that it results in better products, but it does feel good to be constantly committing.
These days, it’s easier to do a search, grab a snippet, and paste. There’s little need for reusability. Extrapolating a bit, I imagine in a few years, we’ll have one big ‘library’ of functions built into our IDE (built, and copyrighted by Google or Microsoft, of course).
Programming used to be skilled labor, but now it’s kind of dumbed down for higher productivity. A natural evolution.
Personally, I’m trying to re-train myself for the more modern rapid-fire programming. I’m not completely convinced that it results in better products, but it does feel good to be constantly committing.