If It's Stupid And It Works, It Ain't Stupid

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If It's Stupid And It Works, It Ain't Stupid

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That smug satisfaction when your 3 AM code abomination—complete with seven nested ternary operators and a random sleep(1)—somehow fixes the production bug that's been haunting your team for weeks. Sure, nobody (including you) will understand how it works tomorrow, but right now you're the office hero with your digital duct tape solution. Future you can deal with the technical debt; present you is too busy basking in undeserved glory.

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