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   snacks (snacks@netzsphaere.xyz)'s status on Tuesday, 06-May-2025 21:58:01 JST snacks
   Is it weird to refactor code to understand it?
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     eal (eal@post.ebin.club)'s status on Tuesday, 06-May-2025 22:04:05 JST eal

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     @snacks No, I think that often the best way to properly understand code is to modify it (with some goal)
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     meeper (meeper@shitposter.world)'s status on Tuesday, 06-May-2025 22:04:09 JST meeper

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     @snacks you don't understand something without fiddling a bit
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     meeper (meeper@shitposter.world)'s status on Tuesday, 06-May-2025 22:04:10 JST meeper

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     @snacks Probably best way to
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     zonk (zonk@shitposter.world)'s status on Tuesday, 06-May-2025 22:18:57 JST zonk

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     @snacks depends on the code. if there's plenty of comments and it's easy to read, then i don't necessarily need to refactor it to understand. but that almost never happens in the real world, so you basically are required to fiddle with it to understand
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     Kimochi Whyui (Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why?) (why@shitposter.world)'s status on Tuesday, 06-May-2025 22:23:22 JST Kimochi Whyui (Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why?)

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     @snacks remind me to never work on a project with you
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     snacks (snacks@netzsphaere.xyz)'s status on Tuesday, 06-May-2025 22:23:57 JST snacks

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     • Kimochi Whyui (Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why?)
     @why there's no way i'm making this code worse lmao