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 So, my team was tasked with building a front-end service where a user can enter their cell phone number, receive an access code at that cell number, then enter the access code back into our little pop-up-thingy to "verify" their cell number.

When we got the task, we were told that the API we would be hitting was up and running.  Of course, once we got the documentation and started hitting the endpoints, we found that yes, technically it was up... but we were just getting back static data.  No ability to start from Zero and walk along a path, happy or otherwise.

The documentation itself was robust enough that I figured, I can just mock this API, keeping it in line with the published documentation.  So I went to my trusty generic Node server that I have, and started work.  About 6 hours of total work later, I had a mocked API, complete with pre-populated test data, ready for my teammates to develop against.

I've really enjoyed working on it; in fact, it's been some of my most enjoyable time here so far as I've had the chance to pair program with one of my team members.  

However, I'm realizing that I have some Commit Anxiety as I'm finishing it up.  Is it really done?  Is this code with my name on it entirely ready to go out into the world?  Am I sure?  It's a little nerve wracking getting ready for my first built-from-scratch functionality to go and play with the big boys.

And at work... I've been doing a lot of "deleting old code" for the last few weeks, which I have found to be a really boring job.  And really nerve-wracking, when I'm deleting old code whose functionality I never ever ever knew.  Like, I didn't know that this code even existed, let alone what it did, let alone what it still might do, let alone what might happen if I kill it.