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Re:I failed to recreate the 1996 Space Jam Website with Claude by saalweachter on Sunday December 07, 2025 @07:31PM (#46186951)
It's not uncommon, in a well-written code base, to see documentation on different functions or algorithms with where they came from.

This isn't just giving credit; it's valuable documentation.

If you're later looking at this function and find a bug or want to modify it, the original source might not have the bug, might have already fixed it, or might have additional functionality that is useful when you copy it to a third location that wasn't necessary in the first copy.

Re:I failed to recreate the 1996 Space Jam Website with Claude by jacquesm on Monday December 08, 2025 @03:32AM (#46189813)
This is why I'm still, even after decades of seeing it fail in the marketplace, a fan of literate programming.