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I'd reckon it's better than not having code, right? Also, the process of building the elements of a program tend to help one understand how they effectively interrelate.

Even for something requiring finesse could use a first revision for proof of concept or assessment of scope. It's up to you to determine if your code needs revision.

Also, that sounds like writing functions and structures that you could probably consolidate off into a library for future use, which is something that people do all the time. I'unno, I'm no professional in the coding sphere.

[KittyTac]

Belated, but here's the picture of the ficus.

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[McTraveller]

Is it a good idea to write code by the seat of your pants? Whenever I need to automate some tedious task in a Python script, I just write out the commands needed, write the code-ified versions (+ variables), and only then do I actually decide on the structure of how to use the script. I do have an idea of what I need to do, but it's not fully defined at the start of the writing process.

Depends - what is the code for?  Is it just for doing something for an audience of yourself, or is it code that is controlling machines? Is it code that is controlling the financial system?  Medical records?  Is it just a game or something?

The danger in "prototype" coding is to neglect to "formalize" it later.

[Jopax]

Any cooks here know what I can do to a really nice stainless steel frying pan I have to prevent eggs from sticking to it?  Do I need to season it? Polish it?  Am I using the wrong heat?

It's only eggs that seem to have the issue; meat and other stuff has no major sticking issue.  Doesn't matter if I use butter (real or spray) or even oil; eggs just stick like crazy.  To clarify, I mean when scrambling them, it makes like this film over the entire pan; frying them doesn't result in disaster.

This film seems to be worse when my wife scrambles eggs: she uses milk, I do not.

Slightly late to this, but your sticking (hehehe) point might be heat more than anything. If the oil/butter/whatever isn't hot enough to instantly fry the eggs as they hit it then they'll inevitably stick to the bottom, this is true for both scrambled and sunny side up eggs, probably even more so if you're trying to scramble them in the pan itself. So get your cooking fat of choice nice and hot before dropping in your eggs next time.

[methylatedspirit]

Depends - what is the code for?  Is it just for doing something for an audience of yourself, or is it code that is controlling machines? Is it code that is controlling the financial system?  Medical records?  Is it just a game or something?

Dumb stuff. It automates the process of pushing images through an audio codec and seeing what happens, which is 4 difficult and error-prone FFmpeg commands. It's nothing mission-critical, if that's what you're asking. More something I made to alleviate the tedium of typing in 4 commands in sequence.

It's a common genre of code: code made to automate menial tasks. I'm pretty sure that's the second kind of code people write while learning a programming language in their own time, the first being the "Hello World" program and variations on it.

[Rolan7]

Aw heck, wrong thread.

[MaxTheFox]

What do you guys (and girls and enbies) think of me?

[Vector]

You certainly exist! You could talk more.

EDIT: Is this rude? I'm 50-50 on rude/not rude. I don't feel I know you well but think you are interesting.

[MrRoboto75]

who?

[TamerVirus]

[methylatedspirit]

What do you guys (and girls and enbies) think of me?

Cannot determine personality due to lack of data: [Errno 11:] Resource temporarily unavailable.

I'd be able to read you better if you posted more often. No pressure, though. If I just force my brain to come up with something, prefacing that I don't know you well:

You're definitely passionate about the things you care about, but you seem reasonable enough. I wouldn't have an answer to half the things you say (politics is hard), but you seem reasonable enough. You're mildly and apologetically abrasive, and I don't mean anything negative by that. It's more a personality trait than a necessarily bad thing at your level. I'm not a grudge-holder by any means, so I'm likely biasing positively here. Furry, yes, but "*shrug*" is my response.

I think that's all I can think of about you. I think I may be projecting, hence why it possibly looks like I'm throwing stones in a glass house.

[Bumber]

Such a lust for revenge! WHOOOO!?

[Egan_BW]

What do you guys (and girls and enbies) think of me?

Stabby.

[Rolan7]

What do you guys (and girls and enbies) think of me?

Stabby.

Pretty much.  Direct and incisive.

[scriver]

You seem cool. I worry that the things you sometimes post will come back and haunt you though