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[–] [email protected] 47 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)
[–] [email protected] 30 points 2 weeks ago

I would add: until it doesn't.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 weeks ago

This is why:

"It ain't stupid if it works."

is fundamentally incorrect.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago

Sometimes it’s better to hope while closing eyes

[–] ayyy 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

1 week later… why is this codebase always broken? We’ll have to throw it away and do a rewrite.