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submitted 10 months ago by Masimatutu@lemm.ee to c/programmerhumor@lemmy.ml
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[-] ourob@discuss.tchncs.de 125 points 10 months ago
[-] oce@jlai.lu 37 points 10 months ago

Misses the noose for the junior who is hired to maintain the project.

[-] ultratiem@lemmy.ca 8 points 10 months ago

That’s so much like my last job I’m 😦

[-] Lukario@sh.itjust.works 66 points 10 months ago

I always love the last panel and imagine a cute lil' toot ❤️

[-] danc4498@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago

Bob Ross and his happy little software.

[-] RojoSanIchiban@lemmy.world 49 points 10 months ago

Great, I'm the jerk that shows up a few years afterward, inspecting the errant arm and elephant trunk wondering what the actual F the original programmer was thinking.

Then I cut off the trunk and slap a dog nose on it because I hate VB.

WHAT HAVE I BECOME!?

[-] Slotos@feddit.nl 13 points 10 months ago

Who let my conscience post online?

[-] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I hate VB

I started (professional) coding with VB3 and loved it ... entirely because I had been using Turbo Basic up to that point.

Does anyone still use any version of VB?

[-] vithigar@lemmy.ca 13 points 10 months ago

The answer to "does anyone" questions is almost always "yes."

https://github.com/ultramsg/vbnet-whatsapp-chatbot

[-] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

I'm pretty sure if I asked "does anybody still use Turbo Basic?" the answer would be "no".

[-] vithigar@lemmy.ca 8 points 10 months ago

Depends what you mean by "use". I'd be shocked if there aren't any retro-computing hobbyist groups that still dabble in it.

[-] some_designer_dude@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

Or if some airline out there isn’t absolutely dependent on it somewhere in the stack

[-] lowleveldata@programming.dev 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

VB .NET is actually not complete madness as it's just C# with another skin

[-] VantaBrandon@lemmy.world 33 points 10 months ago

The extra arm maintains legacy compatibility to not confuse the older users

[-] onlinepersona@programming.dev 30 points 10 months ago

People at the intersection of people skills and technical knowledge are so hard to come by. You have customers who can't articulate themselves talking to people who don't understand what's possible, that in turn transmit what the customer wants incorrectly to people who will take on anything, which is finally shoved into the lap of a developer who isn't an architect and has no domain knowledge. Of course it has to be finished yesterday and without bugs.

It's just surprising that anything works, but it's just like life "good enough ™ ".

[-] 7bicycles@hexbear.net 7 points 10 months ago

it's "the computer is a magic box that can do anything (customer side)" clashing against "the computer is a magic box that can do anything (IT folks)" and boy do these two seemingly similar views not mesh well

Allthough I swear to god, unless you're actively developing new tech like LLM or something most everything is a problem of processes and organisation first and foremost and then an IT problem much, much later

[-] CanadaPlus 20 points 10 months ago

I want an elecat, although I fear it's ability to open doors.

[-] backhdlp@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 10 months ago

Normal cats can already do that

[-] kerr@aussie.zone 15 points 10 months ago

“Before going into beta” is HIGHLY optimistic lol

[-] roguetrick@kbin.social 14 points 10 months ago

The front fell off.

[-] spacesweedkid27@lemmy.world 14 points 10 months ago

Should have put a dog in "what the customer wanted"

[-] doubletwist@lemmy.world 12 points 10 months ago

I'm on this very project right now.

[-] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago

It was probably the customer who wanted the arm at the back. "Look these legs are nice but wouldn't it be super functional if we just affixed an arm right here? It is not a major change just a simple addition so I am sure you can do it in just a couple days."

[-] booty@hexbear.net 8 points 10 months ago

dawww, i also like the horrfying mutant elecat

[-] nomecks@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago
[-] rob64@startrek.website 1 points 10 months ago

Can I teach you a lesson?

[-] Cold_Brew_Enema@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago

Holy fuck that made me laugh and push poop out at the same time.

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