@sdianahu: the cost of shipping code went to zero taste didn't but "taste" sounds mystical and unfixable, so nobody teaches it. he…
Summary
A thread arguing that 'taste' in software development is not mystical but simply an unarticulated evaluation framework, and that what you choose to measure defines your standards.
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