> I'm sure someone on this list will tell me that what I did was wrong,
> but since it works fine I'd be happy to hear from someone at to
> why it is a bad idea

If yours works then it wasn't that much of a bad idea ;-) Better
some cash in your pocket than a non-essential part on the PCB

Curious to know what other components are on your board. Adding
a cap is "rule-of-thumb", you seem to get on fine without it so why
worry

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