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Re:“Google” programmers. How one idiot hired a couple more i... by mschild on Sunday June 19, 2022 @02:39PM (#31802081)
I think the big differentiating factor will probably be that "jiggle programmers" don't really know what they're copying or why something works. I'd hope senior programmers do.
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Re:“Google” programmers. How one idiot hired a couple more i... by paulryanrogers on Sunday June 19, 2022 @06:15PM (#31804062)
We all jiggle a bit as we rarely have time to work through APIs and their dependencies down to the sand used to make the chips.

Though I'd agree that no engineers should be copying code without understanding its intent and interfaces.

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