2.1. Readable code is maintainable code
Yesterday I popped into our office on my way back from a consulting gig and struck up a conversation with a colleague about an upcoming 1K competition that my colleague was going to attend. Such competitions are an age-old tradition at demo parties—a type of geek gathering where hackers gather at a massive arena for a long weekend with their computers, sleeping bags, and energy drinks. Starting from the first gatherings, these hackers have faced off, wielding their mad skills at producing 3D animations with what most people would today consider antiquated hardware.
A typical constraint for such animations has been size. In the case of the competition my colleague was preparing for, the name 1K refers to ...
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