When you read the examples given of super programming prowess such as making a function for repetitive tasks and bunching calls to db it gives the illusion that

When you read the examples given of super programming prowess such as making a function for repetitive tasks and bunching calls to db it gives the illusion that that is all it takes. Hey I do all these best practices, doesn't everybody else? Then you return back to reality of being a lazy 0.1xer and realize that there is a great deal unwritten and glossed over in these kind of general interest pieces.