>>I agree completely with Rick in this regard. Those backdoor tricks only increase technical debt and will for sure bite you back at one time.
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>>Even better try to upgrade the affected data with non-ambigous values if possible.
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>>"Always code for the maintener:
>>Always code as if the person who ends up maintaining your code is a violent psychopath who knows where you live."
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>... and of course there is that possibility that YOU might be the poor soul that needs to maintain that bit of code.

And then he has the benefit of knowing which moron wrote it, and where he lives...