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by sinkhole 4890 days ago
I write bad code all the time, I'm writing terrible code right now. I check in good code.

Some people can visualize an entire program in their head and how it will interact. Not me. I hack at the core of the problem I'm trying to solve, until I've solved it. Then I reorganize the code into something that (hopefully) isn't crap. It seems inefficient, but it works for me.