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World Congress 2026 Europe - Virtual Stage • Jul 3, 2026 • Session details

Chesterton's Fence - Don't Tear Down the Fence

Imola Meszar

A blindly repurposed configuration flag once caused a catastrophic trading glitch. Before deleting legacy code, treat it as survived code and decode its hidden dependencies.

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