alphacyberranger@sh.itjust.works to Programmer Humor@lemmy.mlEnglish · 5 months agoAuthor left the jobsh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up1386arrow-down15
arrow-up1381arrow-down1imageAuthor left the jobsh.itjust.worksalphacyberranger@sh.itjust.works to Programmer Humor@lemmy.mlEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square14fedilink
minus-squareAustralis13@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up48·5 months agoAs someone who has inherited code like that, I would like to strangle the first programmer in the comic.
minus-squareClent@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up41·5 months ago“Always code as if the guy who ends up maintaining your code will be a violent psychopath who knows where you live.”
minus-squareTelorand@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·5 months agoThe use of “would have” instead of “will have” is making my eye twitch…
minus-squareLarkinDePark@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 months agoDo you own the company or something?
minus-squareAustralis13@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 months agoNope, just inherited a colleague’s codebase when they left. It’s years later and I still haven’t sorted it all out.
minus-squaremarcie (she/her)@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-25 months agoyou should thank them for the long term employment
As someone who has inherited code like that, I would like to strangle the first programmer in the comic.
“Always code as if the guy who ends up maintaining your code will be a violent psychopath who knows where you live.”
I know him, for he is me.
The use of “would have” instead of “will have” is making my eye twitch…
Do you own the company or something?
Nope, just inherited a colleague’s codebase when they left. It’s years later and I still haven’t sorted it all out.
you should thank them for the long term employment