If I haven't looked at my own code in 6 months it might as well have been written by someone else.

kenjackson 15 hours ago | parent | next [-]

The most brilliant programmer I know is me three years ago. I look at code I wrote and I'm literally wondering "how did I figure out how to do that -- that makes no sense, but exactly what is needed!"

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claytongulick 7 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I had a funny example of that.

I had a question about how to do something in Django, and after googling found a good SO answer.

I read through it thinking about how much I appreciated the author's detailed explanation and answer.

When I looked at the author it was me from two years ago.

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psunavy03 13 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

How can I learn this skill? Past Me is usually just this idiot who made work for Present Me.

	▲	kenjackson 12 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Turns out, that is also past me. In fact, often the incredible code that brilliant me wrote, which I don't understand now, is also the code that reckless me wrote that I now need to fix/add to -- and I have no idea where to start.

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bitwize 13 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Wow. Lucky you. When I come across code I wrote months ago, usually I'm like "what kind of crack was I on when I wrote this?"

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matwood 36 minutes ago | parent | prev [-]

I always check git blame before ripping on some code I find...9/10 times I wrote it :o