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[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (4 children)

Hemingway used to say "Write drunk, edit sober." I've modernized that a bit for my own personal philosophy:

Code drunk. Debug drunk. Merge drunk.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 20 hours ago

This is the way.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

Yeah, we've been meaning to talk to you about that.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Make sure to hit the Ballmer's peak

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Isn't it the inverse of that? And Hemingway always struck me as more of a "write drunk, edit buzzed" guy

[–] [email protected] 2 points 21 hours ago

Yup, I messed it up. I edited my post to be the correct way around.