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So at best zero signal compared to a coding screen, but even less if it’s in a language youre unfamiliar with. So you can’t judge quality at all. Just, “Yup! There’s code!”

Also, there’s no point to look at the code in a library you’re using, because you’re not maintaining it. When was the last time you popped open some random file in Kafka? I bet never.

I’m surprised this needed to be explained.



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