Hacker News with Generative AI: Code Quality

Migrating a JavaScript Project from Prettier and ESLint to BiomeJS (appsignal.com)
Prettier and ESLint have long been indispensable tools in the JavaScript ecosystem for ensuring code consistency and quality. They have become staples in the toolchains of JavaScript projects worldwide.

JavaScript, Code Quality, Tools, Migration

54 points by unripe_syntax 2 days ago | 60 comments

Vibe Coding is not an excuse for low-quality work (addyo.substack.com)
“Move faster and break even more things.”

Software Development, Code Quality, Productivity, Agile

259 points by saikatsg 20 days ago | 200 comments

Writing good comments: the why, not the how (2020) (jackfranklin.co.uk)
Code comments often get a bad reputation amongst developers as a waste of time, or a sign that your code could be improved.

Programming, Software Development, Code Quality

5 points by todsacerdoti 31 days ago | 1 comments

Ask HN: Which Opens Source Software have the sexiest code? (ycombinator.com)
I heard reading well-written code can improve my skills. Instead of reading top-rated projects on GitHub, which I do, I thought to ask the community to share their favorite OSS they believe to have examplary code.

Programming, Software Development, Code Quality

8 points by milkoolong 34 days ago | 10 comments

Comments Are a Code Smell (2019) (aarongreenwald.com)
"Comments are a code smell."

Software Development, Code Quality, Programming Practices

18 points by kugurerdem 55 days ago | 14 comments

Ask HN: Is Clean Code a waste of time? (ycombinator.com)
Ask HN: Is Clean Code a waste of time?

Programming, Software Development, Software Engineering, Code Quality, Best Practices

25 points by 01-_- 63 days ago | 32 comments

AI is eroding code quality states new in-depth report (devclass.com)
New research from GitClear, based on analysis of 211 million lines of code, suggest that AI coding assistants are eroding code quality by increasing duplicated and copy/pasted code and decreasing refactoring.

Software, AI, Code Quality, Research

17 points by rbanffy 74 days ago | 9 comments

Ask HN: Teams using AI – how do you prevent it from breaking your codebase? (ycombinator.com)
For teams actively using AI coding assistants (Copilot, Cursor, Windsurf, etc.), I'm noticing a frustrating pattern: the more complex your codebase, the more time developers spend preventing AI from breaking things.

AI, Programming, Software Development, Code Quality

40 points by namanyayg 115 days ago | 57 comments

Everyone gets bidirectional BFS wrong (zdimension.fr)
People really need to stop blindly copying code from the Internet.

Algorithms, Programming, Software Development, Code Quality

6 points by signa11 143 days ago | 0 comments

Quality of code is too high (github.com/EnterpriseQualityCoding)

Code Quality, Software Development, Github

19 points by kaycebasques 163 days ago | 3 comments

Interview gone wrong (ashu1461.com)
I have a very basic question which I usually ask in a interview which is to implement a tic tac toe game. I like this because the logic is straightforward and it helps to judge things like code quality / speed / conciseness etc.

Programming, Interviews, Code Quality

139 points by ashu1461 189 days ago | 200 comments

Write code that is easy to delete, not easy to extend (2016) (programmingisterrible.com)
“Every line of code is written without reason, maintained out of weakness, and deleted by chance” Jean-Paul Sartre’s Programming in ANSI C.

Software Development, Programming, Code Quality, Philosophy

269 points by stanulilic 193 days ago | 100 comments

Rubocop-obsession: RuboCop extension focused on higher-level concepts (github.com/jeromedalbert)
A RuboCop extension that focuses on higher-level concepts, like checking that code reads from top to bottom, or only unit testing public methods. There are some lower-level cops as well.

Ruby, Software, Tools, Code Quality, Programming

87 points by thunderbong 193 days ago | 33 comments

Code Quality at Scale with AST Grep and LLMs (coderabbit.ai)
Smart teams embrace coding standards; smarter teams make them a habit. Coding standards often take a backseat to tight deadlines and pressure to ship features quickly. However, neglecting coding standards lead to a host of problems down the road, affecting code maintainability and increased bug rates.

Code Quality, Software Development, AI

13 points by smb06 204 days ago | 4 comments

Accumulated Test Vectors (filippo.io)
I like tests. I especially like reusable test vector libraries. Sometimes test vectors are lovingly handcrafted to target obscure edge-cases. Those vectors belong in Wycheproof or with the upstream specification. Sometimes though vectors are produced by sheer brute force. Enumerate every possible input and check the output. Try a million random inputs and see what happens. Combine all possible input sizes for every parameter. Make one very, very large input.

Software Testing, Security, Code Quality

5 points by fanf2 212 days ago | 0 comments

Correlation between swearwords and code quality in open-source code? (2023) [pdf] (h-its.org)

Code Quality, Software Engineering, Open Source, Linguistics

45 points by harporoeder 220 days ago | 20 comments

Ask HN: How to deal with AI generated sloppy code (ycombinator.com)

AI, Programming, Code Quality, Software Development, Ask HN

78 points by ilrwbwrkhv 223 days ago | 64 comments

Build a custom Python linter in 5 minutes (sylver.dev)

Python, Programming, Tools, Code Quality

14 points by azhenley 249 days ago | 1 comments

Beyond Clean Code (tobeva.com)