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by d4mi3n 1077 days ago
Absolutely correct, but I think it’s still valuable to be able to recognize if you’re struggling against the code or the domain.

Additionally, once you recognize that you can also recognize if you’re dealing with incidental complexity (e.g. poorly thought out/designed code) and inherent complexity (e.g. physics calculations). The former can be fixed, the latter cannot. Knowing the difference saves much pain.