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by Karrot_Kream6 hours ago |
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upvoteby skydhash5 hours ago|
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> I ultimately think learning how other people structure programs is an enriching task

Learning from others is great. But there should be actually something to learn. When someone says

  so long as you're not writing the code or specifying exactly how it should work.
It means they’re not creating software. They’re just playing with randomly generating something.

A software is the recipe for some process. The code is the formal version where everything is exhaustively specified. Not thinking about the code means you’ve stopped thinking about the software somewhere and no longer can say if it’s ok or not.

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upvoteby Karrot_Kream5 hours ago|
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What's the point of leaving a comment if you're not going to change your mind and they're not going to change theirs? Is it just to advocate for your position?
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upvoteby skydhash4 hours ago|
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As you're being very vague, I write more about my opinion, which is based on a guess of what your approach. Basically the Q of P imply Q where P is the guess (and P is the thing you're being vague). I'd like if you can prove that either P is not valid or that there's a different Q that exists.

  Axiom: A software is the recipe for some process. The code is the formal version where everything is exhaustively specified.
  P: Not thinking about the code
  Q:  means you’ve stopped thinking about the software somewhere and no longer can say if it’s ok or not.
To further go with my point, it's like explaining how to make a cake and you said that instead of a recipe, it's fine to provide just the name of the ingredients and a general instruction like: mix everything together and put it in the oven.
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