When Specs Are More Like Guidelines Than Actual Rules

When Specs Are More Like Guidelines Than Actual Rules
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The eternal dance between developers and specifications! First they ask if you followed the spec, and you confidently say "YUP." Then they ask if you read it again, and you double down with another "YUP." But when they actually compare your implementation to the spec... surprise! Your code is doing its own interpretive dance routine that barely resembles what was requested.

Yet somehow when asked a final time if you followed the spec, you're still answering "YUP" with the unwavering confidence of someone who's never been wrong in their life. This is basically every code review I've ever been part of. Specs are more like vague suggestions anyway, right?

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