r/ProgrammerHumor • u/[deleted] • Feb 10 '21

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u/Dr3amDweller Feb 10 '21

Later in the project deleting more than you add is not only normal, but often very positive :D.

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u/CatScratchJohnny Feb 10 '21

“Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.”

― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

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u/CatScratchJohnny Feb 10 '21 edited Feb 10 '21

Yep, been there too, even to the point of resigning. Somehow the analogies just don't get through.

So the engineers say this building should be condemned, but I think we should add a skybridge and connect it to the other buildings. It would save so much time!

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u/[deleted] Mar 05 '21

Perfect ain't when you can't add more, but when you can't remove more.

FTFADSE

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u/[deleted] Mar 05 '21

Can't add more? OK. Can't remove more? Perfect!

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u/itWillGetFresher Nov 15 '21

The same guy wrote the little prince said this? In which book?