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You rename a batch of files with a ten-line Python script, or you alias a common git command to shave off two keystrokes. Maybe you build a small shell function to format JSON from the clipboard.

# The Curse of Knowing How, or; Fixing Everything Published April 24, 2025 11 min read Source thoughts programming software Table of Contents In Appreciation If you have a second to spare, please see the post-mortem section below. It starts innocently. You rename a batch of files with a ten-line Python script, or you alias a common git command to shave off two keystrokes. Maybe you build a small shell function to format JSON from the clipboard. You’re not even trying to be clever. You’re just solving tiny problems. Making the machine do what it should have done in the first place. And then som

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