alt Hacker NewsThere's only very niche fields where closed-source code quality is often better than open-source code.
Exploits and HFT are the two examples I can think of. Both are usually closed source because of the financial incentives.
There's only very niche fields where closed-source code quality is often better than open-source code.
Exploits and HFT are the two examples I can think of. Both are usually closed source because of the financial incentives.
Here we can start debating what means better code.
I haven’t seen HFT code but I have seen examples of exploit codes and most of it is amateur hour when it comes to building big size systems.
They are of course efficient in getting to the goal. But exploits are one off code that is not there to be maintained.