Future-Me Understandable Code

YEAR 0 LET ME WRITE THIS CODE IN ONE LINE WITH COMPLEX ABSTRACTIONS. I AM SO CLEVER! YEAR X LET ME WRITE THIS CODE SUCH THAT FUTURE-ME CAN EASILY UNDERSTAND IT.

A two-panel work comic shows a programmer at a laptop in Year 0 proudly writing code in one line with complex abstractions, while in Year X the same programmer focuses on making the code understandable to their future self. The joke is about the shift from clever, overly complicated code to maintainable and readable programming, making it a relatable reaction to past coding mistakes.

• @ithueti / 3771 2021-02-23