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Source code is of course a static thing. It's text. It only changes during commits.

Code is dynamic. It runs. The abstractions in the machine are doing things, which are changing things over time, in many different places, and it can be difficult to keep those movements all in your head without either a ton of practice, or lots of practice and some decent foundation to build off of.



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