@merari42 to Ask Lemmy • 6 months agoHave you ever devoted a significant amount of time to something only to later feel it was pointless?message-square115arrow-up1142arrow-down13
arrow-up1139arrow-down1message-squareHave you ever devoted a significant amount of time to something only to later feel it was pointless?@merari42 to Ask Lemmy • 6 months agomessage-square115
minus-square@SpaceNoodlelink6•6 months agoThere will come a day when all the code we’ve ever written will be dead. I know the majority of mine is.
minus-square@Tujiolink10•6 months ago“A man dies two deaths. The first, when he draws his last breath. The second, when the last bit of shitty band-aid code he wrote is overwritten.”
minus-square@SpaceNoodlelink4•6 months agoI’ll have you know that these are safety-certified band-aids
minus-square@afraid_of_zombieslink2•6 months agoGuess as an infrastructure/factory guy I will be around for a while.
minus-square@gruelinkEnglish1•6 months agoHah! Only if you’ve never written a “temporary” dirty hack – that code will live forever.
There will come a day when all the code we’ve ever written will be dead.
I know the majority of mine is.
“A man dies two deaths. The first, when he draws his last breath. The second, when the last bit of shitty band-aid code he wrote is overwritten.”
I’ll have you know that these are safety-certified band-aids
Guess as an infrastructure/factory guy I will be around for a while.
Hah! Only if you’ve never written a “temporary” dirty hack – that code will live forever.
Until the product is killed off.