Programmers Choose the Hard Way

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A cartoon shows a person crawling exhaustedly along a long winding path toward a sign reading “Automate it in 10 hours,” while a short nearby path leads to a “10 min easy solution.” The joke is that programmers often choose an overly complicated, time-consuming approach instead of the obvious quick solution, usually as a self-deprecating reaction to difficult code or unnecessary optimization. EN: A cartoon shows a person crawling exhaustedly along a long winding path toward a sign reading “Automate it in 10 hours,” while a short nearby path leads to a “10 min easy solution.” The joke is that programmers often choose an overly complicated, time-consuming approach instead of the obvious quick solution, usually as a self-deprecating reaction to difficult code or unnecessary optimization.

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