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Re:Fast by baq on Thursday July 31, 2025 @02:56AM (#44743103)
You would be right about the code but probably wrong about the you. I’ve done such requests to clean up code written over the years by dozens of other people copying patterns around because ship was king… until it wasn’t. (They worked quite well, btw.)
Re:Fast by zahlman on Thursday July 31, 2025 @12:13PM (#44747107)
If you're generalizing "you" to all developers, perhaps.

I know how I'd respond based on personal experience.