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LMAO that's hilarious, thanks for sharing

> best weapon against complexity spirit demon is magic word: "no"

> "no, grug not build that feature"

> "no, grug not build that abstraction"

> "no, grug not put water on body every day or drink less black think juice you stop repeat ask now"

> note, this good engineering advice but bad career advice: "yes" is magic word for more shiney rock and put in charge of large tribe of developer



> sad but true: learn "yes" then learn blame other grugs when fail, ideal career advice

Perfection




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