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Re:Reflections on 10k Hours of Programming by Retric on Friday August 06, 2021 @11:03AM (#28088114)
The exception to the WHAT/HOW divide is working around a 3rd party bug. Documenting workarounds can help prevent reintroducing the same bug when someone edits or copies the code. This can be especially helpful if the 3rd party bug gets fixed in such a way that your workaround now fails.

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