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		calvinmorrison on July 5, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How to build a website without frameworks and tons... 99% of code is boring, closed source, and provides business value. Most people do not work at FAANG, and do not want to. People mostly work at SMBs doing things that are not super exciting, and that's OK.

chefandy on July 5, 2023 [–]

Yep. In practice, people wanting to make something cool when they'd be way better off making something boring can be a real multi-pronged liability.

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