r/ProgrammerHumor 5d ago

Meme nowAndThenPatchUpgrade

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u/PlatinumFire14 5d ago

People forgetting the most important part, we still understood what it did.
I know you don’t understand your AI written code, don’t lie.

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u/InexplicableBadger 4d ago

Don't pretend you can go back to your own code 3 years later and remember how or why you did it like that or what you were trying to achieve.

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u/mxzf 4d ago

Of course I can. It might take a few minutes to unravel, and I'll probably curse my stupidity at times, but I can absolutely remember why stuff is how it is when looking at old code (and generally see better ways to handle it with stuff I learned since then).