The Sacred Art Of Code Acquisition

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The Sacred Art Of Code Acquisition

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The secret sauce behind "beautiful code" is often just a well-executed Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V maneuver from Stack Overflow! That smug smile says it all—the pride of passing off someone else's elegant solution as your own creation. The modern programmer's workflow isn't complete without the sacred ritual of finding that perfect snippet and claiming intellectual ownership while silently thanking the coding gods who posted it. Remember, good programmers write good code, but great programmers know exactly what to steal!

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