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Worst part of being a dev?
Week 24 Group Rant
darthtigris
8y

Worst part of being a dev?
Unanswered stackoverflow question that exactly matches your problem

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  • 8
    8y
    It's time to open some bounty (not the chocolate bar I mean)
  • 66
    8y
    Even worse:
    "nevermind, fixed it".
  • 1
    8y
    I know this one.
  • 2
    8y
    @deadlyRants with no solution.
  • 2
    8y
    This one kills me. Not just with StackOverflow questions, but general computer problems that seem so rare but don't have any public solutions.
  • 1
    8y
    @soolkiki And left the internet 3 years ago.
  • 3
    8y
    Or solutions with very bad grammar and explanation and fuckin SPELLING ERRORS

    Sorry
  • 1
    8y
    Nightmare
  • 3
    8y
    Or a question exactly matching your issue on some godforgotten phpBB2 forum with total of 15 users. Without any solution. The love I feel when I try to work with some old library with good licensing.
  • 7
    8y
    Worst part is digging through the ten posts of "possible duplicate post" while all I want to know is the answer. : /
  • 1
    8y
    "I just messed around with the configuration files until it worked. I'm fine now."
  • 2
    8y
    And the post is always from about 300BC.
  • 1
    8y
    If you ever fix the problem answer the question. Don't be the devil!
  • 3
    8y
    I have had times when I was using the same OS, same program, same problem, but I'm too stupid to understand anything.
  • 3
    8y
    @deadlyRants worst: "nevermind, I fixed it" by user836153846 who you have no hopes of any contact
  • 2
    8y
    #relatable
  • 1
    8y
    Right in the feels
  • 1
    8y
    Yet when you are the one to provide a working answer on such a question -- that's the best :]
  • 0
    8y
    When pair programming and this happens, and we figure it out, and the other person just wants to continue... Dude no, we need to add that answer now!
  • -1
    2y
    It is a feature, not a solution
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