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Re:Why Bloat Is Still Software's Biggest Vulnerability by lloeki on Friday February 09, 2024 @06:33PM (#39321827)
The nice thing with software is that everyone gets to be an archaeologist in short order; ~6 months is more than enough...

  - Howdy! there's a bug!
  - Okie, lookie!
  *dig dig dig, stares at line 47*
  - Oh my, this horsemanure could not have possibly worked, ever! What kind of damaged wetware wrote this?!
  $ git blame
  - Oh.
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Re:Why Bloat Is Still Software's Biggest Vulnerability by jonathanlydall on Saturday February 10, 2024 @04:14AM (#39324758)
I like to say that git blame is a great tool for working out that the problematic code you’re looking at was in fact written by yourself.
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