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rikschennink on April 30, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: Just Simply – Stop saying how simple things are in...

Super frustrating.

There’s a lot of “just do x” in stack overflow answers as well.

It “just” makes the reader feel stupid.

jabradoodle on April 30, 2023 [–]

Big agree, everytime I find myself typing a comment on slack along the lines of "can we just do x", I immediately stop and delete the word just. The message doesn't loose any meaning and is a lot less obnoxious.

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