The Edgecase Won

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The Edgecase Won

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You spent THREE DAYS refactoring that beautiful function to perfection. You were SO proud. Then that ONE ridiculous edge case comes along like a wrecking ball and DESTROYS EVERYTHING! Now your elegant 10-line masterpiece has morphed into a 200-line MONSTROSITY with seventeen nested if-statements and a comment that just says "I'm sorry." The function works, but at what cost? AT WHAT COST?! Your dignity lies in shambles, and somewhere, somehow, that edge case is laughing at you.

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