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by Terr_ 1029 days ago
That could be improved if:

1. Software is coded to recognize "stupid example values" and prohibit them with an error or at least throw some pretty obvious warnings.

2. Such software also has a rarely-used but documented option to bypass the above checks.

For example, the PostgreSQL server might refuse to allow any DB user to have a password which begins with "password", returning a "Pick A Real One" error.

However somebody somewhere will always need the "don't do that" option: The more different libraries and services you bring together, the more likely there will be either false-alarms or outright conflicts between different example-blocker schemes.