When you catch bugs early, you also get fewer compound bugs. Compo

When you catch bugs early, you also get fewer compound bugs. Compound bugs are two separate bugs that interact: you trip going downstairs, and when you reach for the handrail it comes off in your hand. – Paul Graham, “The Other Road Ahead,” 2001

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