The Line Between Hacking and Developing Is Waiver Thin

To hack or not to hack, that is the question

Ben "The Hosk" Hosking
2 min readJan 30, 2023
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Quality code is a state of mind as much as a process of creation

The line between hacking and development is too thin for many to notice the difference.

The difference between a developer and a cowboy developer can be hard to see that from a difference and from a distance, they look the same.

Bad development processes share similarities with good development processes.

It's difficult to spot a bad developer by interview because they can sound like.

Good code and technical debt can be hard to find even in a code review.

This description of the difference between gambling and investing

The line between gambling and investing is artificial and thin. The soundest investment has the defining trait of a bet (you losing all of your money in hopes of making a bit more), and the wildest speculation has the salient characteristic of an investment (you might get your money back with…

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Ben "The Hosk" Hosking

Technology philosopher | Software dev → Solution architect | Avid reader | Life long learner