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Content How to get GenZ developers to stop using emojis in commit messages and PR titles? I am a senior developer and tech lead at a software company. Recently, we hired some fresh graduates who are very talented and enthusiastic, but they have a habit of using emojis in their commit messages. For example, they would write something like: "Fixed bug in login function Or "Optimized sqc algorithm I" or "fix lint Go" and " : handle null pointer exception y" I find this very unprofessional and annoying, as it makes the commit history hard to read and understand. I have tried to talk to them and explain the importance of clear and concise commit messages, but they don't seem to care. They even put emojis as variable names in Kotlin, apparently you can do it using back ticks, I didn't even know this. (edit: this seemed to be just a one time joke and they took out during code revIew. They just laugh to my teams message with a clown emoji, and a tomato? What's that even mean? How can I get them to stop using emojis in their commit messages? Is this a common problem in the industry? How do you handle it in your team? Any advice or suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks. 550 Comments Share g Unsave 162 people here (

Content Kat Maddox ctrIshifti Is it a coincidence? I don't think so. Stop testing your software Bugs found Time spent testing software 14:06 20 Sep 20 Twitter Web App 1,717 Retweets 141 Quote Tweets

The transparent keyboard cover—humanity's greatest defense against feline code contributions. Some developers spend years debugging their applications, while others just need to prevent their cat from accidentally pushing to production. Notice how the cat still tries to assert dominance by standing on the keyboard anyway. Nature, uh, finds a way... to ruin your git commit history.

Content How to do coding ROBOBBLOT LAPPLE DALLA: You write some code in the editor Then you try executing it. Fuck! You messed it all up, just like everything else you do. Your code is exactly like your life. ProarammerHumor.io A lot of bugs, unreadable... ... and no one loves you.

Content Wynn Netherland pengwynn Jan 13, 2018 Today at fourth grade career day: Me: What does a software engineer do? Kid up front: You fix computers! Me: Only at Thanksgiving. Knowing nod from nerdy kid on the back row. 9 7 17 483 1.9K

Fixing that "one small error" in your code only to discover it's actually unleashed 585 new errors. It's like chess, except the pawns are bugs and checkmate is just you, staring blankly at the terminal, wondering if a career in organic farming might be less painful. The compiler is just sitting there, silently judging your life choices.