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by koolba 4 days ago
> It’s a Herculean task, though.

I believe it’s spelled Sisyphean.
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_bent 4 days ago
the fifth labour of Hercules was cleaning the Augean stables, which this undertaking seems very much alike
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ModernMech 4 days ago
But Hercules eventually finished, I think what koolba is saying is this task can't be finished.
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all2 4 days ago
Is one ever truly finished rebuilding an entire code-base one piece at a time?
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