I had this field of mudballs where I kept getting bug reports related to this particularly muddy ball, and I kept slapping on more mud (always in a rush) and it

I had this field of mudballs where I kept getting bug reports related to this particularly muddy ball, and I kept slapping on more mud (always in a rush) and it never quite fixed it. Eventually I had read that code so much I almost knew it by heart, I had spent so much time there. And one night the new design appeared in my head. I suspected it would take only a few hours to implement. And, sure enough, five days and a few evenings later I had turned it into a beautiful garden. It passed all tests, it hummed like a well-oiled bee, it was awesome to behold. And then, because it generated no bug reports, I never looked at it again; and I spent the rest of my days there slapping dirt and water on the other mudballs.