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    14 hours into writing the script that was going to save you from doing the task yourself and you can’t quit now, too much time has been put into this endeavour.

    • NOT_RICK
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      2 years ago

      Nothing is worse for me at work than when someone asks me for a delivery timeline

      • Johanno@lemmy.fmhy.net
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        2 years ago

        Ufff eeehhmm probably about two month or so in the best case. 5 years in the worst case and realistically about 9 months.

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    2 years ago

    Is that metal? Did someone actually turn a tweet into a metal plaque? I’m not complaining, I think it’s funny.

  • DirkMcCallahan
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    2 years ago

    And then we find ourselves falling victim to the sunk cost fallacy.

  • feugnis@lemm.ee
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    2 years ago

    I’m really feeling all those hours I spend learning vim to never use vim.

    • Chris
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      2 years ago

      Aww, I don’t really code anymore and I’m in vim every day

      • milkjug@lemmy.wildfyre.dev
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        2 years ago

        Does it count if I’m in vi only because I don’t know how to exit? I have to buy a new computer every time.

      • btaf45Banned
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        I literally use vi/vim for everything that I can. I would use it for gmail if there was a way.

        • Chris
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          2 years ago

          I was hoping to open this and see someone show you a plugin to do that

  • Xavier@lemmy.ca
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    2 years ago

    Oh man, this hit me right in the face 🫣.

    So many times did I get myself into weeks, month and even years long projects thinking I’ll be done in an afternoon… feature creep and my need to fidget with my code because its not perfect yet…