But It Works

Code reuse Technical debt Copy paste stack overflow Hacks Legacy code Refactoring bugs Workarounds development

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But It Works

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The classic "I'll just copy-paste from Stack Overflow" mentality in its purest form. What starts as a simple plan to save time by reusing code quickly turns into a Frankenstein's monster of mismatched parts somehow still floating. That outboard motor strapped to Bugs Bunny who's strapped to Wile E. Coyote is basically what your codebase looks like after six months of "temporary solutions." The best part? You'll still tell your PM it's "technically functional" during the demo.

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