Code is never finished. It just gets abandoned or inherited.
And usually by the poor soul who said, "I'll fix it later." (Hint: that soul is you.)
Software development isn’t about reaching the finish line. It’s about staying in the race without burning the engine. 🏁🔥
Some devs chase: - Fancy patterns they barely understand - The newest hype from Hacker News - 100% test coverage with zero real-world value
But infinite devs? They play long-term: - They write code future-you won’t hate - They reduce tech debt instead of celebrating it - They remove things before they add things
I don’t care if your code looks smart. I care if I can read it at 2am with coffee in one hand and baby puke on my shirt.
The goal is not to impress today — It’s to keep things running next year when no one remembers why that regex works.
So yeah… Be boring. Be simple. Be maintainable.
Because that’s how you win the infinite game.