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		btilly on March 6, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Smart Guy Productivity Pitfalls (2013) Having to wade through code I hate has the same effect on me. Doubly so if I have to test it in an environment I hate. Triply so if I am trying to accomplish a goal I don't care about. That's one of the reasons why I don't like working on UIs. The code tends to be messy. I often have to test in environments like IE for Windows. And I don't actually care about how things work as long as they work.

twothamendment on March 6, 2018 [–]

> Triply so if I am trying to accomplish a goal I don't care about.

That happens sometimes. It is then that I remind myself how much a I make a minute plow through it.

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