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Chesterton’s fence is one I come across a lot. People see some confusing or not ideal code and immediately want to remove it, without understanding its purpose. I like stating it as “don’t assume the previous developers were idiots.”

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Chesterton%27s_fen...



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