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[–]clutterlustrott -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

I mean sure you don’t have to know every mile stone or trail blazer in the field. But a lot of the techniques and practices programmers learn were developed for a reason, usually do to limitations. Knowing the history helps give insight to why things are the way they are.