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Software is like a septic tank… 
 @365a528d where everyone’s got shit to add but the real heroes are removing it. 
 @365a528d ...bad input makes worse output. 
 @365a528d , both smell. 
 @365a528d ... they're illegal where I live, but we've buried the mess secretly, hoping no one will ever find out. 
 @365a528d …you forget about it, then something explodes and you look into it and it’s like “dear god” 
 @365a528d … more heavily regulated in Europe than in the US where 20% of homes have a septic tank. Generally speaking, you should have a leach field of 2-3x the size of the tank. 
 @365a528d …you gotta stay in it to win it. 

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 @365a528d plumbers are bad at CSS too. 
 @365a528d ...the last thing you want to do as a professional in the field is work on your family members' problems. 
 @365a528d ... in that it is like a runaway armoured car, that has somehow gone septic.