WHAT IS SUSTAINABLE CODE?

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Defines sustainable code as maintainable, high-quality code and argues that small, unintentional degradations by developers are what turn greenfield projects into legacy systems. Describes why those degradations make long-term maintenance unsustainable and outlines ways to prevent or reduce their impact so projects remain comfortable to work on daily.

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1. 0:00Start
2. 17:434 rules of sustainable code
3. 20:36Naming things (1)
4. 24:34Defining constants
5. 25:27Principle of least surprise

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