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It’s about social inter­ac­tions between the pro­gram­mers or even between your­self spread over time.

There's nothing quite like looking at some code and saying "who in the hell did this?", then looking at the blame and realizing it was you, years ago. Learning from those moments is super valuable.

I call that guy "Yesterday Joel" ... I'm constantly cursing that imbesel in normal conversation. Today Joel hates that guy. But Today Joel really looks up to Tomorrow Joel and hopes someday to be just like him.

Tomorrow's his day to shine!

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