The Selective Amnesia Of Software Developers

The classic optimist vs pessimist debate gets a programmer twist! While normal people argue if the glass is half full or half empty, Stack Overflow users immediately mark your hydration inquiry as "closed for being a stupid question." The perfect representation of trying to ask anything remotely basic on SO and getting your question downvoted into oblivion because you didn't format your water molecules properly or forgot to mention which version of H₂O you're running.

The classic code review saga continues! The function claims to check if something is a valid number, but instead uses a regex that would make ancient monks weep. Meanwhile, the reviewer's profound feedback? "add period" to the comment. Because clearly, proper punctuation is what's going to save this regex abomination from summoning demons in production. Seven years of computer science education and a decade of experience just to argue about periods in comments while that regex sits there like a ticking time bomb. Priorities!

Content Sean Kelly StabbyCutyou Follow v I've been a software engineer for something like 15 years I've worked in numerous fields l've worked across a number of technologies I have been invited to speak at international conferences Yesterday, I lost several hours to the following typo: "127.0.01" 4:01 PM - 18 Jul 2018 647 Retweets 3.071 Likes 107 17 647 3.1K

Content Pouya Saadeghi When you write 5em instead of 5px 9:17 AM Jul 3, 2020 - Twitter for Android

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