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Look Out for Bugs

One of my biggest mid-career shifts in how I write code was internalizing the idea from this post: Don't Write Bugs

This was a great approach when I was only learning to code, as it allowed me to iterate past the things which were not relevant for me at that point, and focus on what matters. That is, you can find some existing piece of software, carefully skim through implementation, and discover real problems that can be fixed. Stare at the state Identify the key data structures and fields, and search for all all places where they are created and modified.

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