>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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RetroGamer!21tIoVPc | ID: 87bc81dd | No. 936 | 2025-09-21 13:05:52"Increment the counter at the top of this comment if you tried to optimize this and failed: 42"
Anonymous | ID: 38acb4e5 | No. 937 | 2025-09-21 15:27:44