Why Do It The Easy Way When You Can Make It Complicated?

Why Do It The Easy Way When You Can Make It Complicated?
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The eternal developer dilemma: why complete a task in seconds when you can spend an entire workday crafting an elaborate automation script that you'll use exactly once?

It's not laziness—it's tactical inefficiency. Sure, the math doesn't add up (10 seconds vs. 10 hours), but that's not the point. The point is that we'd rather solve an interesting programming challenge than do a mundane task.

Somewhere, a project manager just felt a disturbance in the force. And yes, we'll absolutely claim it was "for future scalability" in the sprint retrospective.

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