lffontenelle, to uk
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I've been contacted by a university from the UK, asking me to act as an external expert to assess an application for promotion to professor

Is this usual?

For context:

  • I'm not from the UK
  • It's not sure how close the applicant's area will be to mine
  • Perhaps they are looking for my namesake
  • I'm overcommitted
  • I'm not sure there's anything for me

Please boost if you have followers who might know this

mamund, to programming
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Write code that is easy to delete, not easy to extend

https://programmingisterrible.com/post/139222674273/write-code-that-is-easy-to-delete-not-easy-to

"If we see ‘lines of code’ as ‘lines spent’, then when we delete lines of code, we are lowering the cost of maintenance. Instead of building re-usable software, we should try to build disposable software." --

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