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by stevenpetryk 2292 days ago
It always warms my heart to see someone fighting the "why not just..." comments on here. Everyone underestimates how much goes into a project.
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Jerry Weinberg used to say that whenever you hear the word "just" on a software project, replace it with "have trouble". Similarly, replace "should" with "isn't". "That should be easy" -> "that isn't easy"; "we should just use git" -> "we'll have trouble using git".

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