a simple thought struck me the other day (I have a simple mind).
perhaps lots of people have already thought of this, but it may be worth repeating:
- Open Source code tends to be of High Quality, simply because it is Open Source.
I was wondering why it is that I have not released more code, as Open Source.
The reason being - I think that the quality is not high enough, in terms of comments, code structure, efficiency, and unit tests etc.
So it occurred to me, that simply by making code open sourced, and publicly reviewable, the quality must automatically be of a reasonable standard, if only to avoid a developer embarrassing themselves !
There is the added benefit of 'extra pair of eyes' to check the code for defects, or possible improvements. This in particular applies to security related code.
well, enough already ...
perhaps lots of people have already thought of this, but it may be worth repeating:
- Open Source code tends to be of High Quality, simply because it is Open Source.
I was wondering why it is that I have not released more code, as Open Source.
The reason being - I think that the quality is not high enough, in terms of comments, code structure, efficiency, and unit tests etc.
So it occurred to me, that simply by making code open sourced, and publicly reviewable, the quality must automatically be of a reasonable standard, if only to avoid a developer embarrassing themselves !
There is the added benefit of 'extra pair of eyes' to check the code for defects, or possible improvements. This in particular applies to security related code.
well, enough already ...
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