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Sometimes, usually during the evening, I lower the lights in the living room, put some of my greatest Scotch in a glass, and stare at this fine and beautiful piece of code I wrote a long time ago that I am really proud of.

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  • 3
    You mean the "i should be debugging my code, but instead i'm looking at my old code" moment?
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    @mmsk I could not phrase it better!
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    I used to consider beautiful generic solutions valuable. The truth is, if it took you really long to write and it won't work better or last longer than a refined hack then you've just wasted your time.
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    @homo-lorens Of course it's very hard to tell what's excessive, and an insufficiently abstract solution leads to many problems, but remember that you're making a product to be used, and not an exhibition of your own brilliance.
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    Don't take this personally, I'm just describing my own mistakes in the hopes that someone finds this wisdomlet when they need it.
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    This is something I can respect.
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    I like to pour my finest whiskey and contemplate depression, but it's similar!
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