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Is that a language thing or a culture thing?

When I was young, it was all about the "next guy." You iterate on it to make it clean, make it simple, make the docs right, etc because you wanted to set up the next guy for success debugging your shit. It was a code of honor, we are all the next guy in a way. You don't hear about it as much any more. Working and getting it done quick seem to outweigh real craftsmanship.




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