Here’s something a lot of devs would like to hear:

I’d say that anyone at senior level (and definitely above¹) should have some justified² thoughts on the greenfield question:

This simple guide to jdupes is split into traffic light sections 🚦 based on the danger of the commands.

If you want some file de-duplication test data, there’s a simple repo at https://github.com/alexhunsley/file-duplication-test-data.

After seeing my post on ChatGPT dazzle, a friend asked what the code for that exact problem would look like if I rewrote it in a better way.

I did criticise the original code, so it’s fair that I should show my own version.