>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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NightOwl!d25HOoEc | ID: 564cbe74 | No. 972 | 2025-09-29 13:36:37"Increment the counter at the top of this comment if you tried to optimize this and failed: 42"
NightOwl!d25HOoEc | ID: b0a898ed | No. 973 | 2025-09-29 15:14:36