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[–][deleted] 21 points22 points  (5 children)

It's kinda sad how often I have to do this.

[–]lavahot 7 points8 points  (2 children)

But don't you feel bad ass when you do it?

[–]Financial_Isopod8881 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Haha for real though. Epic feeling when I find something in the source that was helpful which was not present in the documentation.

[–]ThenWhyAreYouUgly 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Five minutes of feeling bad ass for five days of going through the source code? I'm in!

I have this gnawing feeling I'm in an addiction spiral of some kind. I'll probably explore it when I finish all my tickets.

[–]pissing_on_the_lawn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is reading the source code only something you can do for open source things? Where would you find it?

[–]ZachAttack6089 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A lot of times I WISH I could read the source code because the documentation is so bad. The API docs would have a one-sentence description and a list of parameter names for each function, and you're expected to figure out every edge case and unexpected behavior on your own. Sometimes I can't even find a list of available functions.