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There is frequent discourse on how to make code more maintainable. I for one think more discussion is needed on making code deprecateable. It may be nice to envision that a beautifully designed code base will last forever, but there are two things certain for code; becoming legacy, getting deprecated, and off by one errors.

What does a spiritual practice, the hair maintenance of a Himalayan bovine and reviewing text editor config files have in common? Having long since solved my core productivity problems, what motivates me to continue to poke and prod my config file? It's not about optimization anymore.