March 17 2017 Week 11 Friday

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.

简约才是精巧到了极致。

Recently I have spent a great number of time on reviewing some code from my colleague, I find some functions are very simple but work quite well if compared to my own functions, however, some functions are realized in very complex forms, I often have to debug several times to make clear how they work.

And I want to understand the whole project, and then make a through set of unit tests for the code, after that I refactor the code, make it as clear and simple as I can.

If I can realize the same function in a simple way, I think my coding skills will get some considerable improvements.

And suddenly a past interview in HW crossed into my mind, in that interview, a team leader asked me what the quantity of my code is, I failed to give him a precise answer, because I thought sometimes our work can't be measured in lines of program, however, now I think that may make sense, just because a skilled coder must have to write a large number of code.

When I was young I thought that money was the most important thing in life; now that I am old I know that it is.

年轻时我以为金钱是这个世界上最重要的东西，现在老了才知道，真的是这样。

Money is indeed one of the most important things in our life.

In the past tens of years, I have missed several chances to make money, considerable amounts of money, and it seems this will last for the coming years.

Even though there are still things we can't afford, I want to earn more money, at least I want to extricate myself from current poor life.