Lots of satisfying work to do - for creative janitors
Lots of satisfying work to do - for creative janitors
Posted May 21, 2016 7:24 UTC (Sat) by sdalley (subscriber, #18550)In reply to: Nothing to do - for a creative developer by NAR
Parent article: Old projects and the free-software community
It never pays to despise "janitorial work".
"make veryclean" is the first target I write in my makefiles, and it often needs enhancements.
Places where nobody bothers to do the cleaning and tidying become increasingly hostile and energy-sapping places to work. This applies in physical environments, and it applies in software projects.
And, setting up a good build system which is easy to work with, easy on beginners, and easy to keep tidy is worthy engineering in its own right.