alphacyberranger@sh.itjust.works to Programmer Humor@lemmy.mlEnglish · 11 months agoAuthor left the jobsh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square15linkfedilinkarrow-up1390arrow-down16
arrow-up1384arrow-down1imageAuthor left the jobsh.itjust.worksalphacyberranger@sh.itjust.works to Programmer Humor@lemmy.mlEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square15linkfedilink
minus-squareAustralis13@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up48·11 months agoAs someone who has inherited code like that, I would like to strangle the first programmer in the comic.
minus-squareClent@lemmy.worldcakelinkfedilinkarrow-up41·11 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-up9·11 months agoThe use of “would have” instead of “will have” is making my eye twitch…
minus-squareLarkinDePark@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·11 months agoDo you own the company or something?
minus-squareAustralis13@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 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-211 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.”
The use of “would have” instead of “will have” is making my eye twitch…
I know him, for he is me.
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