140 pages on coding style. This looks straight out of the CIA handbook for sabotage [1]. I am sure China or Russia have a version of that.
> (12) Multiply paper work in plausible ways. Start duplicate files.
> (13) Multiply the procedures and clearances involved in issuing instructions, pay checks, and so on. See that three people have to approve everything where one would do..
What's the right amount of standards to have when you're writing 9 million lines of code that controls a 30,000lb machine moving through the sky at mach 1 with a human life inside?
Funnily enough, when I look at my codebase, I often think about this handbook. I try intendedly to ascribe it to incompetence but I always have a doubt. If I only listen to my inner voice, I’d fire everyone all the time.
> (12) Multiply paper work in plausible ways. Start duplicate files.
> (13) Multiply the procedures and clearances involved in issuing instructions, pay checks, and so on. See that three people have to approve everything where one would do..
> (14) Apply all regulations to the last letter.
[1] https://www.cia.gov/static/5c875f3ec660e092cf893f60b4a288df/...