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If you don't understand how and why, it's broken.
You must not have worked for a dickhead expecting you ship software on Monday that takes months to write when you were given a week to do it.
The trick is to be the bigger dickhead.
You may be joking, but as long as you’re actually good at what you do, being a dickhead can be a winning strategy.
I’ve never been able to do it myself, but know many who have.
I do try to reserve it for when I'm fully confident that I'm correct.