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		CoastalCoder on June 3, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: What was your most humbling learning momen... Maybe they figured knowing C++ was a sign of your general programming aptitude? Also, how right were they?

johnchristopher on June 3, 2024 [–]

I have seen a C++ dev. almost brought to tears when trying to fix a CSS issue at a previous job. Then he broke into tears of laughter when I showed him `yarn build:dev` and the tailwind config. and package.json files :D.

Better to laugh about it than cry about it, eh :].

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