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Content When my code returns an error, but it's a different error than the one I've been working on for the last hour What was noise? The sound of progress my friend

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Ah yes, the classic "user-friendly" legacy code. When clients say they want to keep their ancient framework because it's "user-friendly," what they really mean is "this knife will kill you slowly instead of quickly." After 15 years in this industry, I've learned that "user-friendly" is code for "we've already memorized all the horrible workarounds." The only thing friendly about that framework is that it consistently lets you know it wants to stab you in the back. Pro tip: When a client insists on keeping something this dangerous, just quadruple your hourly rate. Either you'll get rich or they'll suddenly discover the magic of modern frameworks.

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Content Developing a new service in 2 days Spending 5 days on a minor bug Perfectly balanced As all things should be