Inventing New Features Is Like This

Inventing New Features Is Like This
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The expectation: "This won't take long, I can just reuse code from another project."

The reality: A Frankenstein's monster of incompatible parts desperately duct-taped together, much like Bugs Bunny's makeshift outboard motor that somehow still floats but is one runtime error away from catastrophic failure.

Copy-pasting code is the software equivalent of trying to fit square pegs in round holes while blindfolded and underwater. Sure, it compiles... technically. But what you've created isn't elegant software—it's a digital crime scene waiting for a forensic code reviewer to discover.

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