The lone developer problem

[Kent Sharkey]

Evan Hahn[^]:

In my experience, if a single programmer builds something, it’s often hard for others to maintain later.

Who was that masked developer?

[Nelek]

Kind of mandatory: xkcd: Dependency[^]

M.D.V. ;) If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about? Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.

[Marc Clifton]

And when 10 build something, it's even harder.

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