Even my own code sometimes.
2026-05-20 17:04 UTC
Replies (13)
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@rumba@lemmy.zip 2026-05-20 18:30
I watched a team invent a new language to get around updating some eccentric code. They could have sat down and commented it and made their changes They could have refactored what was there. They could have scrapped it and wrote fresh Instead, they designed an entire natural language system so that non-programmers who were writing in XML could just write in English. They ended up making so many required keywords as helpers that the non-programmers kept using the old system because the XML was easier for them work with. Note: wasn’t my code, wasn’t my dept, when I heard the plan I went to check it out, the old system was functional but like C- work at best. At some point, they wrote a compiler for the new system.
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@thirstyhyena@lemmy.world 2026-05-21 00:42
As the sole programmer of a certain project, I often leave rant comment on what the previous programmer was thinking.
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@Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2026-05-21 08:26
I’ll bitch and moan about my own work from a few months ago “before I knew better”.
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@Feathercrown@lemmy.world 2026-05-20 19:35
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@WhyDoYouThinkThat@lemmy.world 2026-05-21 12:53
i hate when it’s not one person’s fault but like, ten years of bloat. who do i hate for that
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@kamen@lemmy.world 2026-05-21 13:02
“Which idiot would do that?” * looks at git blame for the section and promptly shuts up *
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@Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 2026-05-20 19:15
*especially* your own code. "This is obvious" I said. "Surely I won't need to comment *this,*" I said.
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@aeronmelon@lemmy.world 2026-05-20 18:16
Electrical engineer: “what was that other guy thinking?” Software engineer: “What was I thinking?” (It’s code from last night)
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@AllHailTheSheep@sh.itjust.works 2026-05-21 00:40
I wrote code today I know I will have to touch in 2 weeks. I'm already dreading it. that shits a mess.
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@TrickDacy@lemmy.world 2026-05-20 19:59
I don't think you have to be a software engineer to understand that people do shit half-assed.
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@A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world 2026-05-20 17:57
Am electrician can confirm If I dont do it the homeowner tries to and I have to awkwardly nod instead of fixing the problem and that just takes so much longer
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@bedwyr@piefed.ca 2026-05-20 19:42
Electricians are a rather self-impressed bunch in my experience, like I would rather drink with a couple plumbers than electricians.
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@anon_8675309@lemmy.world 2026-05-20 18:24
That’s the part I hate most about being a SWE. Just shut up and do your job. I’ve seen your code. You code like you read blogs for a living.