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Re:A Field Study on Technical Debt by nothrabannosir on Tuesday July 28, 2015 @06:09PM (#9964882)
> You should resist someone who says, "I don't know why this is here, let's get rid of it!" Only get rid of something if you do know why it's there!

I know this is orthogonal, but please try to avoid these situations by commenting code which people might wonder exactly that of, in the future. :(

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Re:A Field Study on Technical Debt by PJDK on Wednesday July 29, 2015 @07:40AM (#9967900)
Even better, write a test with a name that describes its functionality.
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