What are some common misconceptions about programming that you'd like to debunk?

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"We're going to clean up that code later."

If you're lucky this statement is actually true 5% of the time.

So roll a d20?

Critical hit! It worked on the first try and you fixed some tech debt!

Remove technical debt: Programming (Intelligence) or Programming (Wisdom), DC 15 to 20

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