merari42@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 9 months agoHave you ever devoted a significant amount of time to something only to later feel it was pointless?message-squaremessage-square115fedilinkarrow-up1141arrow-down14
arrow-up1137arrow-down1message-squareHave you ever devoted a significant amount of time to something only to later feel it was pointless?merari42@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 9 months agomessage-square115fedilink
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·9 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-squareTujio@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·9 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-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·9 months agoI’ll have you know that these are safety-certified band-aids
minus-squareafraid_of_zombies@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·9 months agoGuess as an infrastructure/factory guy I will be around for a while.
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months agoHah! Only if you’ve never written a “temporary” dirty hack – that code will live forever.
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 months agoUntil the product is killed off.
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.