blind-chestertons-fence

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Use before deleting code, removing a check, simplifying a process, dropping a config flag, or removing anything that \"serves no purpose\" — especially in unfamiliar or legacy systems. Applies Chesterton's Fence (G.K. Chesterton, 1929): don't remove it until you know why it's there.

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Use before deleting code, removing a check, simplifying a process, dropping a config flag, or removing anything that \"serves no purpose\" — especially in unfamiliar or legacy systems. Applies Chesterton's Fence (G.K. Chesterton, 1929): don't remove it until you know why it's there.

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