The Dangers of Reusable Code

Reusable code is a great thing. However when you’re sitting at a client site knowing exactly what you want to write, and knowing that you’ve got the exact snippet on another machine (which you don’t have access to right now), but not being able to remember the syntax because you’ve been copying and pasting it for the last few months then you start to realise that reusable code does have a downside.

Either that or that you need to start carrying more code on your laptop. Pick one.

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# re: The Dangers of Reusable Code

hi Ross,

I had similar issues in the past. Now I run a Subversion instance at my home server which I can access from anywhere to manage (reusable) code. If you have some old hardware around, maybe this is an option for you?

6/21/2008 1:20 AM | Ferdy Christant

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Hi Ferdy,

Yup I've got a Subversion server at home too - problem is that this client site is very corporate, and has an incredibly locked down environment, so it wasn't even worth trying.

I've definately had a reminder this week as to the effect that an (overly) restricted IT environment can have on developer productivity!

6/21/2008 9:02 AM | Ross Hawkins

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