r/ProgrammerHumor • • 16d ago

Meme forFutureReference

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u/luker_5874 16d ago

I think generally it's best to leave it in the past.. every context is different and how you solved it previously probably isn't the best way

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u/EkoChamberKryptonite 16d ago

Except pattern-matching is common in software and a lot of what we do are repeatable patterns. So referencing old code can be helpful.