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What are some common misconceptions about programming that you'd like to debunk? (programming.dev)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 59 points 10 months ago (1 children)

"We're going to clean up that code later."

[–] [email protected] 12 points 10 months ago (1 children)

If you're lucky this statement is actually true 5% of the time.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago (1 children)

So roll a d20?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Critical hit! It worked on the first try and you fixed some tech debt!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Remove technical debt: Programming (Intelligence) or Programming (Wisdom), DC 15 to 20

Create technical debt: Programming (Charisma), automatic success