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Programmers Should Never Trust Anyone, Not Even Themselves

Programmers should be paranoid.

GPS satellites orbiting the Earth have to adjust their clocks by ~38 microseconds per day to account for time dilation ( Source). Code changes that appear to be “theoretically” faster can end up being slower due to factors revealed in lower layers of abstraction. Programmers who learn superficially will not succeed on difficult projects that come without known solutions and involve multiple domains of expertise.

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