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Re:University of Alabama Engineer Pioneers New Process for R... by AtlasBarfed on Sunday January 05, 2025 @02:10PM (#42604129)
Isn't the entire landfill really a huge TODO anyway?

"We'll let some magic future AI figure this out. Meanwhile, we'll put dirt on it"

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Re:University of Alabama Engineer Pioneers New Process for R... by mkoubaa on Sunday January 05, 2025 @02:20PM (#42604216)
Not all TODOs are created equal. Example:

//TODO: Collisions are too common here. Implement a custom hashing function to improve the performance of this algorithm

//TODO: This class is 60k lines and has no tests. Replace it

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