This Dying Soul (of a Programmer)

Posted by mkhairul - October 24, 2007 at 10:10:14 am -

Categories: blog

In my previous post, I mentioned that I silently used CodeIgniter without the knowledge of my boss (he knows I like to use it). Later on, he might want to intrude on the development as in "hop-in" and leave the mess for me to handle.

I’m trying to predict his reaction when I say, "Oh yeah, I used CodeIgniter to develop this project".

He’ll probably say, "What? Why? I told you not to use it!".

"Yes, I know, but I must insist. Even though its a bit slow, it is a much safer choice and you should learn it too. I will do everything I can to avoid developing like Eventuz, I think part of my sould died back there. That’s why I was sick a few times during the development. Apathy kicks in and all I want to do is everything else but work.".

What I meant by developing like Eventuz was, the logic of the code is on top of the page, everything is there, includes, redundant queries on other pages. For now its ok, 200-300 lines of code. When it goes to 15,000 LOC. Everyday you maintain, and develop it, part of your soul is lost with it.

*Note: The pic is the cover for the album, Dream Theater’s Train of Thought. One of the track is This Dying Soul.

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