For six months I wrote all my Python code in one big file because it felt easier. My friend saw it and said 'That's not code, that's a novel.'

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I get why you'd say that, but sometimes a single file is just easier to follow... you don't have to jump around a bunch of folders to see how things connect. It's not always pretty, but it can work for a while.

mason.cole1mo ago

Honestly, that's not a novel, it's a horror story.

finley_harris51d ago

It's the same thing I see everywhere, people trying to make things simple but just making them messy. Like my buddy who keeps all his phone apps on one screen cause he can't be bothered to sort them, but then spends twenty seconds swiping back and forth looking for his calculator. Or how my neighbor insists on keeping all his passwords in a single text file on his desktop. Yeah, it's one file, but good luck finding the one you need when you're locked out of something. Kind of reminds me of how people pack everything into a junk drawer because it's easier than organizing the kitchen, then have to dump the whole thing out to find a pair of scissors. Does the quick fix actually save you any time in the long run?