Search And Destroy: Legacy Code Edition

While the Alpha and Beta males are locked in their eternal, ridiculous hammer-and-anvil struggle, the TRUE software genius sits back with their documentation, waiting for the stable release. GASP! The audacity of skipping all that early-adopter drama! Why waste precious life force on buggy alpha builds when you can swoop in post-launch with a fully functional product? The rest of us MERE MORTALS are out here beta testing like unpaid interns while Final Release Guy is living in 3023 with actual working code. Simply scandalous!

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Content Anyone know how to get rid of this error? (i.redd.it) submitted 6 days ago by Techa Net 35 comments share save hide report sorted by: best Y Want to add to the discussion? Post a comment! CREATE AN ACCOUNT you are viewing a single comment's thread. view the rest or the comments - DMcuteboobs -13 points 6 davs ago Retype the line. Sometimes the compiler decides what you typed isn't what you typed, because secret reasons. Retyping it helps about halt the time Dermalink embed save report rediv - Guimica15 6 points 6 days ago Your first advice is to tell them to redo the same thing and expect a different result? That's... literally the definition of insanity permalink embed save parent report reply -xMUdnsPf 3 points 6 days ago No. This is a computer. It follows the rules that it was programmed to follow. Your comment suggests you're on the wrong sub Dermann embed save parent revort reov DMcuteboobs comment score below threshold (13 children) - otaku78 2 points 6 days ago suspect bro has as much success with his coding as he does with his cringe username. 1 success is fine, riiight? permalink embed save parent report reply -VB. Net Advanced SoikeHimself 2 points 5 davs ago' Wow. Where do Ieven begin with this? It's not so much that you're wrong. It's not even that you are being a cvnt about being wrong. It's the sheer and utter lack of skill you are displaying in even beginning to come up with this suggestion. The mindset and way of thinking that befits a successful programmer is mutually exclusive to whatever train wreck this thought came from. It's such an un-programmer thing to say, that your vile conduct and toxic stubborness are completely overshadowed by the sheer stupdity of it. If a junior said this, it would be time to talk about courses. If a senior said this, they should be fired. If someone with "decades of experience" says this.. well, just shoot me now I hope the "decades of experience" was a lie. That would be your only saving grace at this point. If you truly have decades of experience, and you're this bad at problem solving, I can only imagine the pain your manager must feel. Alas, given the fact he employs you, he's probably equally clueless. permalink ember save parent report reply -Guimicals 2 points 5 days ago rdestroyedbywords Dermalink ember save parent report reply sneakdeekbot 1 point 5 davs ago (0 children) Moderator snang M 1 point 5 days ago This might be the dumbest thing I've ever read on the internet. permalink embed save parent report reply

The evolution of developer paranoia in two panels: Junior dev: *code compiles* "WOOHOO! FIRST TRY MAGIC! I'M A CODING GENIUS!" Senior dev: *code compiles* "...suspicious. Very suspicious. What dark sorcery is this? Something's definitely broken somewhere and I just can't see it yet." The true mark of experience isn't celebrating success—it's questioning why the compiler didn't put up more of a fight. Nothing builds healthy paranoia quite like years of mysterious runtime errors that followed suspiciously smooth compilations.

Ah, the eternal developer paradox! The junior dev is having an existential crisis about remembering what their code actually does, while the battle-hardened senior dev drops the ultimate truth bomb: you don't . This is why we have comments, people! Though let's be honest, even with meticulous documentation, we all eventually stare at our code from 3 months ago like it was written by a cryptic alien civilization. The title "Not Even With The Documentation" just twists the knife deeper - because even when you DO document, future-you will still have absolutely no idea what past-you was thinking. The true mark of seniority isn't remembering everything - it's embracing the chaos and accepting that code amnesia is just part of the job description!