This is great advice. Fill out required fields only (and make them as random as possible) and let states handle the rest. You’ll thank yourself later.

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Another time laziness pays off

This is interesting to me. I also make my fields random. Joel's article advises against that. I might try his approach going forward, with functions for other states.