Or maybe they just had a decent feel for design already? I look back at some things I wrote in the first couple of years that I was coding, and it's actually pretty alright. Maybe a bit amateurish and not how I'd do it now, but not terrible. I can't be the only one like this.
> Maybe a bit amateurish and not how I'd do it now, but not terrible. I can't be the only one like this.
Not at all. I started my first real project in September 2015, had a release out by mid-November. And the code worked, really well. I was praised by users of the software for how reliable it seemed to be. Now, 15-16 months later, I can definitely see the warts - there's a lot of global state, some crackpot abstractions and if I ever want to add new features to it I'll have to do some spring cleaning. But at the same time... it still works. The design is appropriate enough for the needs of the project and its functionality.
