We're Programmers. Programmers Are, In Their Hearts, Architects, And The First Thing They Want To Do When They Get To A Site Is To Bulldoze The Place Flat And Build Something Grand.

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We're programmers. Programmers are, in their hearts, architects, and the
first thing they want to do when they get to a site is to bulldoze the place
flat and build something grand. We're not excited by incremental renovation:
tinkering, improving, planting flower beds.

Joel Spolsky
"Things you Should Never Do, Part I"

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