Most code works. Very little code is production ready 👩💻 Hello Everyone! 💛 One of the biggest lessons you learn as a software engineer is the difference between working code and production code. Working code means it runs on your machine. Production code means it survives real users and large traffic. Working code handles the happy path and direct scenarios. Production code handles edge cases, bad inputs, timeouts, failures, and performance impact. Working code solves the problem, and yeah… it works. Production code also considers performance, logging, monitoring, and security. Working code might pass today. Production code needs to survive months or even years of changes. The truth is, writing code that works is the easy part. Writing code that is reliable, readable and maintainable in production is the real engineering challenge. And honestly, it's becoming an even bigger challenge now that most of us rely on AI in our daily work. AI can help write code faster, but it's still our responsibility to make sure the code is truly ready for production and won't cause problems later. #Programming #WebDevelopment #SoftwareEngineer #WorkingCode #TechTalk
Nilesh Kumar
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Razan Aboushi, how can we balance efficiency with sustainability in our code development? This is crucial for long-term success. 🌱
Razan Aboushi It is the same difference between building prototype and real building You car build a real building (production code) without successfully build a correct prototype (local code) But making a correct prototype doesn’t mean that you can successfully scale it to real building Thanks for sharing