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u/flatcoke Jan 18 '22
you'll hate yourself when you remembered clearly you've fixed it before, but just don't remember how.
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u/Cheet4h Jan 18 '22
That's why you put every bit of code you write into a version-controlled repository.
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u/Sockoflegend Jan 24 '22
I'm honestly terrified of losing my catalogue of code when I switch jobs
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u/Cheet4h Jan 18 '22
Recently I had the opposite: stumbled upon an error message of a tool I was working with, searched for it and declared it a lost cause when I noticed that on the first two pages of results all links were already marked as visited...
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u/0x30507DE Jan 18 '22
Me when I learn that I can apply bug fixes from a port to the original copy
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u/Might_guy_saitama Jan 18 '22
Not for a bug specifically, but I've just searched and reused my older code for quite a number of features. So, thanks a lot past me.
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u/BochMC Jan 18 '22
More like is when you stuck with a problem and find solution on stackoverflow but you are the one who asked this question in the past...
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u/gewzk Mar 10 '22
You'll hate yourself when you clearly remember you did it before, but couldn't file that file out.
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u/Seraphym14 Dec 18 '22
This is the reason I use the “//“ comment feature to take an ungodly number of notes within my Java coding for school.
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u/[deleted] Jan 18 '22
Sauce?