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Always code as if the guy who ends up maintaining your code will be a violent psychopath who knows where you live.
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tw-Frey commented Oct 26, 2019

Who wrote this programing saying? “Always code as if the guy who ends up maintaining your code will be a violent psychopath who knows where you live.”

beatak says

Bill Mitchell View profile More options Sep 26 1991, 1:57 am In article 5...@ksr.com j...@ksr.com (John F. Woods) writes:

[...] Always code as if the guy who ends up maintaining your code will be a violent psychopath who knows where you live. Code for readability.

ChrisW says

Its earliest appearance on Google Groups is unattributed in the sig of a post by Martin Golding in 1994.

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tw-Frey commented Oct 26, 2019

Always code as if the guy who ends up maintaining your code will be a violent psychopath who knows where you live.

― Martin Golding

https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/3243250.Martin_Golding
https://www.defprogramming.com/quotes-by/martin-golding/

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