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Have you ever devoted a significant amount of time to something only to later feel it was pointless? (lemmy.world)

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[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago

There will come a day when all the code we've ever written will be dead.

I know the majority of mine is.

[-] Tujio@lemmy.world 10 points 8 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."

[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago

I'll have you know that these are safety-certified band-aids

[-] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

Guess as an infrastructure/factory guy I will be around for a while.

[-] grue@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

Hah! Only if you've never written a "temporary" dirty hack -- that code will live forever.

[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

Until the product is killed off.

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