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by slow_donkey 2921 days ago
I wish I had worked on other people's codebases earlier. Its a bit daunting when starting out but the art of understanding a codebase is invaluable and you'll learn how others use a language in interesting different ways
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How would you describe practicing 'art' of learning a codebase? Surely there's a more efficient way than to just stare it down for weeks on end.