\n One or more lines of someone else's code that do something I don't need right now. Used as a reason to write my own code.\n
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\n collaboration\n
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\n Other people working on my project. \"I believe strongly in collaboration; other people should be helping with my projects.\"\n
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\n fast\n
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\n The performance of my favored projects. (When benchmarks show otherwise, this explains why the benchmark is skewed, measures the wrong things, or doesn't matter.)\n
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\n easy\n
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\n The work that other people have to do.\n
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\n good coding style\n
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\n The code looks and feels just as if I wrote it myself.\n
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\n hard\n
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\n The work that I have to do.\n
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\n practical, pragmatism\n
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\n Whatever is expedient at the moment, regardless of long-term considerations. \"Your use of (good practice X) just isn't practical in this situation.\" (Note especially the appeal to absolutes instead of tradeoffs between options; as an aside: \"What is 'practical' depends on what you want to practice.\")\n
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\n quality\n
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\n The project overall is designed just as if I did it myself.\n
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\n reuse\n
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\n Other people using my code. \"I believe strongly in reuse; stop writing your own code and use mine.\"\n
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\n slow\n
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\n The performance of projects other than my favored ones. (When benchmarks show otherwise, this explains why the benchmark is skewed, measures the wrong things, or doesn't matter.)\n