The Foundation Of Modern Software

When your codebase relies on documentation written during the Bush administration. Legolas here perfectly captures that moment when you realize the docs were written by an ancient developer who has long since departed to the Undying Lands (or Google). First panel: "My documentation is old" - You're hopeful it might still be relevant. Second panel: "very old" - Reality sinks in. This predates your programming language's current syntax. Third panel: "Full of memory" - Filled with references to deprecated functions and memory management techniques nobody uses anymore. Fourth panel: "and anger" - The inevitable emotion when you realize you'll have to reverse-engineer everything yourself while cursing whoever left this archaeological artifact behind.

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That massive red slice is basically a monument to the phrase "I know a guy." The pie chart brutally exposes how most people skip qualified technicians and instead summon their self-proclaimed tech wizard friend who once installed Chrome successfully and now considers themselves the next Linus Torvalds. The result? A simple driver issue transforms into a complete OS reinstall with bonus malware. The tiny green slice represents the mythical creatures who actually contact manufacturers first—like spotting a unicorn in the wild.

Content Write code The tests fail Write more tests to narrow down the problem Write tests The tests fail Those tests pass The bug was in the test

Content -ASKING AIRCRAFT DESIGNERS ASKING BUILDING ENGINEERS ABOUT AIRPLANE SAFETY: ABOUT ELEVATOR SAFETY: NOTHING IS EVER FOOLPROOF, ELEVATORS ARE PROTECTED BY BUT MODERN AIRLINERS ARE. MULTIPLE TRIED-AND-TESTED INCREDIBLY RESILIENT. FLYING IS FAILSAFE MECHANISMS. THEY'RE THE SAFEST WAY TO TRAVEL. NEARLY INCAPABLE OF FALLING. . ASKING SOFTWARE ENGINEERS ABOUT COMPUTERIZED VOTING: THAT'S TERRIFYING. WAIT, REALLY? DON'T TRUST VOTING SOfTwArE aND DON'T LISTEN TO ANYONE WHO TELLS YOU ITS SAFE. WHY? I DON'T QUITE KNOW HOW TO PUT THIS, BUT OUR ENTIRE FIELD IS BAD AT WHAT WE DO, AND IF YOU RELY ON US, EVERYONE WILL DIE. THEY SAY THEY'VE FIXED IT WITH SOMETHING CALLED "BLOCKCHAIN." AAAAA!!! WHATEVER THEY SOLD YOU, DON'T TOUCH IT. BURY IT IN THE DESERT. WEAR GLOVES. ProgrammerHumor. io

Ah, the classic courtroom drama where the programmer is on trial while the user screams into a tiny "Software" microphone! The real crime? That UI design that made perfect sense to the dev but left users completely baffled. The programmer sits there thinking "but I added tooltips!" while the user is ready to testify about the emotional damage caused by that impossible-to-find settings menu. Let's be honest - we've all built interfaces that were perfectly logical... to absolutely no one but ourselves.