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  "articleBody": "> If you continue to add floors and rooms to a building forever, it will collapse. Software faces no such constraint. The code can *always* get worse. There can *always* be a new layer of indirection or a reduction in performance.\n\n— [Zach Kehs](https://zachkehs.com/blog/theres_no_limit_to_how_bad_code_can_get/#9-ref), There's No Limit to How Bad Code Can Get\n",
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  "content_markdown": "> If you continue to add floors and rooms to a building forever, it will collapse. Software faces no such constraint. The code can *always* get worse. There can *always* be a new layer of indirection or a reduction in performance.\n\n— [Zach Kehs](https://zachkehs.com/blog/theres_no_limit_to_how_bad_code_can_get/#9-ref), There's No Limit to How Bad Code Can Get\n",
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