Zen and the Art of Merging Code
The linter flagged two hundred warnings in the legacy file. A developer set out to fix them all. The senior developer watched. After an hour, the senior asked, “Has the code become better?” “It has become quieter.” “Are those the same thing?” Sitting with the Koan There is something deeply satisfying about a clean linter […]
A developer opened a pull request and waited. Three days passed. The senior developer found them at their desk, refreshing the page. “What are you waiting for?” the senior asked. “For someone to review my work.” “And while you wait, what is your work doing?” The developer paused. “Nothing.” The senior nodded. “Then what was […]
