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The reason people don't have original opinions is because it isn't worth it. The stakes are extremely low. How one chooses to write code is ultimately a matter of personal preference.

The lower the stakes, the more dogmatic people become about their choices, because they know on some level it's a matter of taste and nothing more. Counterintuitively, it becomes even more tied to one's ego than the choices that actually have major consequences.






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