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[โ€“] JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Is the idiot you?

Because I'm usually both the person writing it and the idiot trying to maintain it 6 months later.

Albeit not perl. Dammit Jim, I'm a Network engineer, not a programmer!

[โ€“] monkeyman512@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

My experience has been the more I assume I am an idiot and plan accordingly, the less true it is in practice.