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by treflop 741 days ago
You can never be perfect enough where you won’t drop crumbs on your keyboard but if you make a rule to never eat near your computer, you will never drop crumbs on your keyboard.

Writing high quality code is not about being perfect — it’s about changing how you write code.

Writing code that can recover from unexpected errors at any point is simply by being mindful about ordering your instructions and persisting data precisely.