Editing Coder (section)

=Natural Death=
As with all things, the Coder lifecycle ends with death. As previously noted, this can happen in the early stages of a Coder's life during the growth of their Git, or when too many Pull Requests get denied, but even coders who have matured are not free from death, as they get older, the chances for the natural death increase.

After feeding off of the Repo for a while, the coder ages and their Git continues to grow in power. When their Git has reached a certain level of power, the coder may consider attempting a system overhaul involving a core section of the Source Code. Some coders manage to survive this temporary symptom without attempting it, preventing damage to themselves and the Source Code, this generally increases their lifespan by a large amount, as they will eventually build up a strong resistance to the idea, if they come across it many times.

Unfortunately, many coders are claimed by this symptom, and the natural death cycle begins. The first stage of this process typically involves the coder begin somewhat erratic behavior, as they scan through the Source Code of the existing system, researching how it works. In this stage the coder may turn back, as they will come across various other systems that are integrated with the one they are trying to overhaul, and observe the terrible language of the younger, less mature coders before them. Some coders already know the system well, so they may skip to stage two.

Stage two is when the Coder starts the actual development of the rework, having already sufficiently figured out how the system works, they use their Git to make the overhaul into a reality, scraping up old code and replacing it with new, better code. Depending on their Git's power level, the coder may spend days, or months in this stage. Stage two is generally considered the point of no return, where the coder cannot turn back and the process of natural death will be seen through to its end.

If the Coder survives stage two, they move into stage three. At this stage, the coder has a completed overhaul and creates a Pull Request to the Repo, as they have done many times before. This time though, Maintainers may shy away from reviewing the overhaul depending on its size and intimidation factor, for fear of prematurely beginning their own death cycle. Depending on the strength of the Coder and their Git, they may eventually convince a Maintainer or Headcoder to review the Pull Request, but this inevitably ends in the Maintainer summoning Feedback, which hurts the coder, since the coder has to either: defeat the Feedback, or depending on the elemental type, surrender to it, and allow it to merge with the overhaul.

At any time after stage two, the death cycle can end promptly and without notice. When this occurs, the coder's body dies as their Git permanently breaks away from the Repo, slowly rotting away, and losing its power. The ghosts of dead coders can still dwell around the Coderbus, as the soul of a coder is bound to it. Coder ghosts can also be seen in the Repo to moan at the living, but since their Git is no longer with them, they cannot make any more Pull Requests.



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