Do you ever write a fiendishly complicated implementation of a piece of code, stare at it for ten seconds, git reset --hard HEAD to undo the entire thing, and then write a compact, clear 4-line implementation that does the same goddamn thing
Sometimes it feels like you can only do it right if you do it wrong first
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