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minus-squareAustralis13@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up47·4 months agoAs someone who has inherited code like that, I would like to strangle the first programmer in the comic.
minus-squareClent@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up40·4 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-up9·4 months agoThe use of “would have” instead of “will have” is making my eye twitch…
minus-squareLarkinDePark@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 months agoDo you own the company or something?
minus-squareAustralis13@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 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-23 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…
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