The "problem" with old code is the same as the "problem" with old blog posts. Sturgeon's Revelation applies: 90% of anything is crap.
I trust that someone surfing the net for words I've written is aware that some are better than others. Likewise, I trust that someone surfing Github for code I've written has the same expectation that most of it will not be my best work.
Curating your work is not "free." In addition to the time cost, if I was worried about people assuming I'm a bozo after looking at my work I would probably avoid posting the things I've written that were failures like the Ick gem in Ruby.
That in turn might avoid being rejected sight unseen but it would also eliminate the possibility that someone would ask me, "So, Ick looks like a crap idea. What were you thinking? If you agree it's crap, what have you learned?"
I trust that someone surfing the net for words I've written is aware that some are better than others. Likewise, I trust that someone surfing Github for code I've written has the same expectation that most of it will not be my best work.
Curating your work is not "free." In addition to the time cost, if I was worried about people assuming I'm a bozo after looking at my work I would probably avoid posting the things I've written that were failures like the Ick gem in Ruby.
That in turn might avoid being rejected sight unseen but it would also eliminate the possibility that someone would ask me, "So, Ick looks like a crap idea. What were you thinking? If you agree it's crap, what have you learned?"