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I had a similar experience with a different language at a startup where one programmer particularly would produce the most horrid code, use new features and libraries where they weren't needed, generally overcomplicate everything. He was smart as hell and made that smartness a liability for everyone else. The bottom line in a business is the bottom line; making money. He didn't understand that at all. No level of abstraction was too high, even trivial stuff. Dumb code that did the job well... dream on.



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