Always code
as if…

good advice

Always code as if the guy who ends up maintaining your code will be a violence psychopath who knows where you live.
No, this doesn’t suggest you should use soothing and peaceful variable names instead

Also worth noting there is some debate over who this quote is attributed to and John F. Woods may be the author.

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