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Speaking words of wisdom...Let It Be, Let It Be (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by treverd@lemmy.world to c/programmerhumor@lemmy.ml

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[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

i used to believe in this; but then i learned the hard way that old/opaque code is gross game of hot potato where you will pay the price if your social standing in your organization isn't privileged enough.

[–] ulterno@programming.dev 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Guess I was lucky to have a social standing privileged enough, as a junior dev.

But also, probably because they actually required determinism, with it being critical and all.