Is This Justified

Is This Justified
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Ah, the classic "just reset everything and pray" approach to buffer overflow. Nothing says "enterprise-ready" like a class that admits it's not thread-safe in a TODO comment that's probably been there since 2007.

The cherry on top is that C-style cast with the helpful "WARNING" comment right next to it. Because nothing makes me sleep better at night than knowing our production system handles network packets by just yeeting the buffer offset back to zero when things get spicy.

This code is basically the digital equivalent of duct-taping a leaking pipe while the house is flooding. And the name "LegacyConnectionManager" is the perfect touch - we all know "Legacy" is code for "nobody wants to touch this nightmare but we can't afford to rewrite it."

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