Alright, let me tell you about this thing I tried, people were calling it the ‘brandyn garcia’ method, or something like that. Sounded interesting at first, saw some folks talking it up online, you know how it is. Seemed like a way to keep things simple, maybe cut down on the usual mess.
Getting Started with It
So, I figured, why not? I had this small project kicking around, nothing too critical, perfect place to experiment. I dove in, tried to wrap my head around the core concepts they were pushing. It was mostly about stripping things back, less fancy structures, more direct action in the code. Seemed logical, right? Less complication, less headaches.
I started applying it. Took a couple of existing parts of my project and began refactoring. Ripped out some classes I thought were maybe overkill, flattened some logic. Initially, it felt kinda clean, like I was trimming the fat.
Where Things Got Sticky
But man, it didn’t take long for the cracks to show. This ‘simplicity’ started making things harder, not easier. Here’s what I ran into:
- Code Everywhere: Because I was avoiding creating reusable bits (you know, trying to be ‘minimal’), I ended up writing the same chunks of code over and over. It felt super inefficient.
- Debugging Nightmare: When something broke, finding the cause was way harder. Everything felt tangled together without clear separation. Usually, you can trace things through layers, but this felt like wading through mud.
- Hard to Share: I showed some code to a friend, just to get a second pair of eyes. He was totally lost. Said it looked weirdly complicated because it was trying so hard to be simple. Go figure.
It just wasn’t scaling, even for my small project. The more I added, the worse the tangle got. It felt like trying to build a house with just hammers and nails, ignoring saws and levels because they seemed too ‘complex’.
Trying to Make it Work (and Failing)
I thought, okay, maybe I’m being too strict. I tried bending the rules a bit. Added back some helper functions, grouped related stuff together. But then, it wasn’t really the ‘brandyn garcia’ thing anymore, was it? It just felt like regular coding, maybe slightly more conscious of not overdoing abstractions, but nothing revolutionary.
My Takeaway
In the end, I pretty much abandoned the strict ‘brandyn garcia’ approach for that project. I went back to what felt natural and maintainable. You know, the stuff that actually works when you’re deep in the trenches building something real.
Honestly? It was a good reminder that buzzwords and cool-sounding methodologies don’t always translate well into practice. What works on paper or in a simple example can fall apart fast under real-world pressure. Maybe it works for some specific, super-simple scenarios, but for anything with even a little bit of meat on its bones, it felt like more trouble than it was worth. You gotta find what works for you and your project, not just follow some trend blindly. That was my experience, anyway.