It'll Still Probably Be Wrong, But It'll Be Differently Wrong

Content Replace a semicolon C with a greek question mark (;) in your friend's JavaScript and watch them pull their hair out over the syntax error.

Ah, the classic "if it ain't broke, break it" syndrome. Every developer knows that magical moment when your code actually works, and instead of celebrating, your brain whispers: "Let's make it better ." Next thing you know, you've unleashed 258 bugs and your face has morphed into that primal rage comic expression we all know too well. After 20 years in this industry, I've learned the hard way: working code is sacred. But do we listen to our own advice? Nope. We just have to refactor it into oblivion because apparently we hate happiness.

Content "Pikachu, use thunderbolt!" "Its no use, Ash! My Sandslash cannot be harmed by electricity!" "Pikachu, believe in yourself and use Thunderbolt!" PIKAACHAAAAAAW.jpg "How is this possible? My Sandslash! No!" try: from importlibresources import files as packagefiles except ImportError: from importlib.resources import files as packagefiles

Content The Proud Parent The Linker REPENT TOMER - Half your manager, half your senior - Designed the codebase - Will always answer your question, but only after a 5 minute on the motivations of a now rebuilt module from years ago - "I remember when we had to do that process in the AWS console with just a trackpad, uphill both ways" - Tough during code review, but genuinely happy to see you ship new features to the system The Job Security Maximizer - Always sends you a link when you ask a question, sometimes without any other words - "Look at this" - Thinks you don't know standard documentation exists - Posts medium articles in the main channel, doesn't read them - Never reviews code - First stack overflow result The Big Chiller - "Ohh, that? Sorry I totally forgot all - Been around for years, knows the entire about the code I wrote a month ago" codebase - Tells you to ask someone else for the - Friends with the CTO simplest question - Shows you the exact line of code that - Has dozens of pages of private notes, causes your bug within 5 minutes READMEs all read "initial commit" - They last shipped a commit a couple - "Have you thought about adding an months ago, you think abstracter to this abstraction? With that - Always approves your PRs we can decouple the coupler from the universe" 10 i0

Content Stu Fleming StuFlemingNZ "Hi, I've found a fault with the English language and I need an entomologist" "An etymologist you mean?" "No. It's a bug, not a feature" 2:58 PM 17 Jun 17 ProdrammerHumor.io

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