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markragesyesterday at 9:10 PM3 repliesview on HN

I can't be the only one whose memory is so bad that I am like this in my own code base.


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seekupyesterday at 9:33 PM

I seem to remember - but cannot find, even with an AI boost - someone's "law of computing" or somesuch describing the amount of time that has to pass before code you wrote is indistinguishable to you from code written by someone else. At any rate the interval is not so long.

anon7725yesterday at 10:02 PM

In your own codebase you can at least run a "you simulator" to arrive at the answer fairly reliably. "Where would I have put this bit? Oh yes, of course ..."

pipesyesterday at 9:34 PM

You are not. :) my memory is disturbingly fried.