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I very often whip out this tried by true joke. People often think it's "just a joke", but I actually think of it more as an adage, as words of wisdom, that also just happen to be whimsical.

   There are only 2 difficult things in computer science:
      1. Naming things
      2. Cache Invalidation
      3. Off by one errors


The number of times I've told it in an interview with a programmer and they don't laugh are horrifying. There's deep, memorable wisdom in there if you have any experience.




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