The Cost of Misunderstanding Your Code

And the steps to prevent it

Oliver Spryn
Level Up Coding
Published in
6 min readDec 19, 2021

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An illuminated question mark at the end of a dark hallway

“There’s no such thing as a free lunch.” This phrase has taken on many meanings over the past few decades, and it has become a common phrase to warn consumers of the hidden costs of seemingly free products.

As a software engineer, I see a different meaning in this phrase. From my firsthand experience, whenever it comes to…

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