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I don't see that as a waste of time at all. The programmer learned a lot and didn't damage the codebase, assuming the changes went unmerged. This sounds like

I don't see that as a waste of time at all. The programmer learned a lot and didn't damage the codebase, assuming the changes went unmerged. This sounds like a pretty good way to come to grips with the problem domain.

detaro 6y ago
That's true, not how I took the question but it can totally be a valid strategy to help understanding of the code base.