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Re:Most rewrites serve the engineer, not the business by watwut on Wednesday July 01, 2026 @03:47PM (#48752154)
> For a few weeks one summer I woke at 4am to rewrite code my employer had already paid someone to write.

I mean, if you do it at 4am, you are sleep deprived by the day two and thus unable to stop yourself from something stupid.

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Re:Most rewrites serve the engineer, not the business by bbsnly on Wednesday July 01, 2026 @04:17PM (#48752544)
Only if you do not get 7-8 hours of sleep ;)
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