Please Sir Can I Have Some Code

documentation Senior developers Code quality Onboarding Legacy code Self-explanatory Technical debt Developer communication Code comments Software engineering

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1 year ago 230,163 views 1 shares

Please Sir Can I Have Some Code

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This meme perfectly captures the existential dread of asking a senior developer about their non-existent documentation. You approach them like Oliver Twist begging for gruel, only to be met with the classic "my code is self-explanatory" defense. The senior dev genuinely believes their cryptic variable names and 200-line functions "make perfect sense" while you're left wondering if you're the problem. Spoiler alert: you're not. The documentation is in their head, and they've convinced themselves that telepathy is an industry standard skill.

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