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Engineers will do anything to avoid learning from history

Hacker News Saturday 15 August 2026, 22:08 UTC By madrox 1 min read
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Article URL: https://horn.gg/blog/engineers-will-do-anything-to-avoid-learning-from-history/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49314744 Points: 12 # Comments: 5

Article URL: https://horn.gg/blog/engineers-will-do-anything-to-avoid-learning-from-history/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49314744

Points: 12

# Comments: 5

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