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Hmm, this agrees with how I have behaved. I have deeper knowledge of the bug in my code so I can make more fundamental changes. With code I'm unfamiliar with I am less certain if I'm bringing down Chesterton's fence.

I wonder if there is also a social aspect to this of 'politeness' in not stepping on others' work. I wonder if there are ways around that.

EDIT: Though, interestingly, reading some of the comments with people misunderstanding the title, it looks like the article is right. If it had said the opposite, I might well have rationalized it the other way.




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