What's a phrase you hear a lot, but disagree with?
What's a phrase you hear a lot, but disagree with?
One that comes to mind for me: "Whatever doesn't kill you makes you stronger" is not always true. Maybe even only half the time! Are there any phrases you tend to hear and shake your head at?
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'Don't reinvent the wheel'. If the earliest (re-)invention of the wheel, known to us, was flawless, it wouldn't have been reinvented so many times. There will always be new obstacles, new scenarios and new expectations. I get it. It's intended as a reminder to look up existing solutions for a problem before starting entirely from scratch. But, especially in software development, where this phrase is often used, this reminder is rarely necessary...
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