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by skydhash 451 days ago
> Clunky, crude, but can get massive amounts done quickly, if that's what's needed.

You know what's quicker in your analogy? A spell. Or in the coding world. Template, snippets, code generators, framework, and metaprogramming. Where you abstract all the boilerplate behind a few commands. You already know the blast radius of your brute modification tools, so you no longer have to micromanage them. And it's reliable