Code At 30,000 Feet

Ah yes, the classic "let's handle years with a switch statement" approach. Some poor developer back in 1999 was like: switch(year) {   case 2020: // pandemic mode   case 2021: // still pandemic   case 2022: // recovery mode   case 2023: // normal-ish   case 2024: // election chaos   // TODO: add more years later   default: trainControl.panic(); } And then they quit, got promoted, or died before anyone remembered to add 2025. Twenty-five years after Y2K and we're still writing software like time is a finite concept. This is why we can't have nice things... or functioning trains, apparently.

Content Remember guys when GPT used to be just a partition scheme?

The modern developer's nightmare spelled out in logos - RETARD : R eact, E xpress, T ailwind, A WS, R edis, D eno. Someone at marketing definitely got fired for not checking the acronym before approving this stack. Imagine the CTO's face during the presentation: "Our revolutionary RETARD stack will disrupt the industry!" *awkward silence* *single cough from the back row* The irony is that individually, these are actually decent technologies. Together? Career suicide in your next standup meeting.

Content The six steps of debugging: 1) That can't happen. 2) That doesn't happen on my machine. 3) That shouldn't happen. 4) Why does that happen? 5) Oh, I see. 6) How did that ever work? Yesterday I reached step 6

Content Legacy Jenkins Causer of Great Pain 07.05.2018 - 05.09.2022 245

Content UNFINISHED WORK FRIDAY EVENING PERFECT! ILL FINISH THIS ON MONDAY MONDAY MORNING.. IST ERTRO