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make excuse
.PHONY: excuse
EXCUSES = \
"It works on my machine." \
"That's a hardware problem." \
"Must be a caching issue." \
"Have you tried turning it off and on again?" \
"It's not a bug, it’s a feature." \
"Works fine in production." \
"The tests are flaky, ignore the red." \
"You're holding it wrong." \
"That's a known issue." \
"I'll fix it later, promise."
excuse:
@echo "$$(shuf -n 1 -e $(EXCUSES))"
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