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		buttercraft on July 11, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Using the 5S Principle in Coding This is a good generalization but I worry that it's too broad. I.e. if your lifeboat is sinking, it's too late to find a better lifeboat.

hgyjnbdet on July 12, 2024 [–]

But at that point your problem isn't needing a better lifeboat, the problem is why it's sinking. At this point solving the problem of why it's sinking is the problem you've got, solving it before you had that problem seems silly.

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