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I am so tired of complex code that can’t be read without having to trace definitions within definitions with
in references, within Interface definitions within indirection…. until I have no flippin’ idea what is going on.
This is even worse when perpetrated in sample code. Can someone please tell sample code writers that the rule is “make it as simple as possible and demonstrate only one thing; and that one thing is not how clever you are.”
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Jesse Liberty has three decades of experience writing and delivering software projects and is the author of 2 dozen books and a couple dozen online courses.
His latest book, Building APIs with .NET will be released early in 2025.
Liberty is a Senior SW Engineer for CNH and he was a Senior Technical Evangelist for Microsoft, a Distinguished Software Engineer for AT&T, a VP for Information Services for Citibank and a Software Architect for PBS. He is a Microsoft MVP.
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