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Comment by gota

9 hours ago

> Grant me the serenity to accept the bad code i shouldn't fix, the courage to change the code I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.

Well, It's really early in the morning and I've got the quote of the day already

This is a slightly modified version of the serenity prayer of AA fame.

  • Yes, I know, but I substituted that one in daily usage for just shouting "SERENITY NOW" at maximum volume.

    • That seems similar to the "God give me patience, but I need it RIGHT NOW" prayer.

    • > shouting "SERENITY NOW" at maximum volume.

      I'm imagining the Silicon Valley scene where the character Gilfoyle has set up a loud death-metal automated noise that plays whenever the price of Bitcoin meets certain conditions... except the trigger is some kind of code-quality metric, the effect is my machine shouting at me to become serene.