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		charlie0 on Dec 16, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Preferring throwaway code over design docs This makes me shudder because I've never seen this done in practice. What always happens is the code builds up like Jenga until no one wants to touch it.

hasbot on Dec 16, 2024 [–]

And it's so obviously bad that new hires want to re-implement from scratch even though they don't have complete knowledge of what the software does.

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