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Would be pretty funny but practically I don't think it matters that much.

Someone could steal my company's entire codebase and, outside potential password leaks, it'd really have little impact on our business. The code itself is less valuable than the coders, the data, and the business connections we've made.

Certainly not the case for all software, but I'd wager 90% of the work HN does would fall into this category.




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