Gerhard Fiedler wrote:
> IMO one of the most important concepts in
> engineering is "good enough". If whatever this guy had enabled him to
> create a device that fits his requirements, within his budget (effort
> and money), it is quite likely that spending more effort on it just
> isn't worth it

Leaving out comments in the interest of speed is a fallacy.  Good comments
*save* time.  It does take a little more effort to draw a schematic
properly, but it really isn't that hard.

The main difference is not one of effort but of mindset, which is why
schematic and code clarity is some indicator of quality in other aspects of
the design.

> The other question is then whether or not to publish at that point
> what has been done so far.

The fact that this guy wasn't embarassed enough to not show his schematic
and code to the world says a great deal about him, and therefore about the
quality of his design.


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