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WRITING CODE IS EASY. READING IT ISN'T

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While writing code can be relatively simple, the real challenge is in reading and understanding existing codebases. Building a mental model of a system, which involves understanding its components, dependencies, and potential side effects, is a time-consuming and effort-intensive process. This is necessary for debugging though.