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jcelerier on March 22, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: My guiding principles after 20 years of programmin...

> Of course, sometimes we have no choice but to meet the deadline

What do you mean, "sometimes"?

egypturnash on March 22, 2022 [–]

There’s a lot of different kinds of deadlines. Some can be extended. Some can not.

“I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by.” - Douglas Adams, a man who was very familiar with the many varieties of deadlines.

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