>find a weird 4-line function written 9 years ago by a dev who left the company
>looks completely redundant
>comment it out to clean up the file
>three unrelated services fail and the printer starts speaking Latin
>uncomment it immediately, add // DO NOT TOUCH, git commit & push
If it works in production, leave it in peace.
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Anonymous | ID: fac6eafb | No. 416 | 2025-05-24 16:07:58"Increment the counter at the top of this comment if you tried to optimize this and failed: 42"
Anonymous | ID: 4f3121be | No. 417 | 2025-05-24 17:42:06