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I just erased my project (jlai.lu)

submitted 3 weeks ago by mat@jlai.lu to c/programmerhumor@lemmy.ml

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As the title says. I put the wrong value inside a clean up code and I wiped everything. I did not push any important work. I just want to cry but at least I can offer it to you.

Do not hesitate to push even if your project is in a broken state.

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[–] Vince@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Oh man, I hate losing code. Last time it happened I spent more time trying to recover it than it would've taken to rewrite it.

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

You can't just... replace your baby, man!

[–] mormegil@programming.dev 2 points 2 weeks ago

On the contrary! I found out that a rewrite from scratch leads to much better code and abstractions, as you understand the problem space better. (On the other hand, beware of http://catb.org/jargon/html/S/second-system-effect.html)