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Dude, remote work in a country side city makes me feel like people think I'm a drug dealer or something
I never leave my house10 -
Colleague started to share their screen
Me: screen is not visible to be
Them: let me just increase the brightness of my monitor5 -
Asked junior to clone a git repo
junior: tried everything it doesn't work
me: show me how you did it
junior: right clicked on the repository, 'Copy link address' then paste it into the terminal
me: put that mouse down right now!29 -
Fuck relationships, the only relationship I can have and maintain is with my Linux or in my databases.4
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Reddit: Every developer eventually either goes insane or becomes a farmer.
Dev: …I hope I become a farmer19 -
Stop using anal as a variable or function name wherever I look I see anal_this and anal_that please stop. Use analyze, analyzer or whatever and not anal_insert ( ) or anal_check ()13
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Perfect job? Does it even exist?
We do a job because it's something others consider tedious or difficult or time consuming.
So my perfect job would be one that feels like a hobby every day and pays very well.13 -
"Update on the last meeting, we'll either release what we've got or do something different"
WELL NO SHIT! 🤦♂️5 -
Another shitty shitty day.
That's all I wanted to post. Don't ask or comment or bother.
Keep scrolling.. thank you!11 -
Do you think being a great software engineer is simply hard work and passion?
Or there is also a component of natural affinity, certain personality traits, etc.47 -
I really think we should have a "misleading or false" reason for --, or some other way to deal with fake news that generally plague internet forums.24
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Let me make this clear.. overusing ξ, ζ and ς in your equations or formulae does not(!!) make you smart!5
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Learn to read documentation and don't rely on 5 minute Youtube tutorials, stackoverflow or dev blogs for every little thing.6
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hey google, make my life harder. let's have an SDK version, then a corresponding android version, and finally a clown name like cotton candy or oreo or whatever so I always know exactly what version I'm working with without confusion 🙄🤡1
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Can anyone recommend any good IT / hacker related films that are not HACKERS or THE MATRIX. Thanks.18
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devrant needs DRAFT.
I left so many rants unposted because I felt stupid or cringy AF after writing it.6 -
Legit have to control myself not responding to subtle sarcasm or passive aggressiveness in people's rant or comments with utter salt and shade. 😒😒😒
Note to self: Live and let die.13 -
I promised myself I wouldnt program or study after midnight.
And here I am, making flash cards for git like a total dork, and it's almost 1 am.1 -
I wish I could tell my dog not to get up from his comfortable position or sleep each time when I simply want to goto the bathroom or stretch.
Like bro no need I’ll be right back..7 -
Stories from Gary #000
Short background info:
So I'm working as a game dev for 3 years now and by now I can say that I've seen some shit. Mostly because of one of our game designers, let's call him Gary.
So Gary, from here on called GDG (Game Designer Gary), is a regular game designer (GD). His job is to come up with new game ideas, commission the assets, make sure that translations are done, etc. - simply put, he has to get a lot of shit together before we can start working on a new game.
Would be no problem at all if GDG wasn't lazy as shit and would work for once in his life. No dev really wants to work with him anymore, since he's known for calling a game or any issue "ready for development" even if half the assets or specs are still missing.
Let's move on to a particular situation that happened a couple of months ago.
I had an issue assigned to me, which was about implementing the translations for a new game. As I read the issue and checked if everything I needed was given, I noticed that the most important part was in fact missing - the keywords for the translations.
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So, I called GDG and asked where I could find the keywords, to which he responded "Oh, I'm working on them right now... and by the way I got a weird bug with the translation program. Can you come check it out?". Sigh. I went over to his office, rambling about how I should be able to help him with a program I rarely use and which was written ages ago.
As soon as GDG saw me coming roundbthe corner, he started explaining how the keywords aren't ready yet, since the program to create translations and their keywords won't let him name a translation.
"I can create new translations, but I can't assign a keyword to them."
"Okay, show me what you did", I told him, eager to leave.
He started to type the keyword, which turned out to be huge ass long and immediately I noticed a little counter, like "x/50", directly beneath the text field started to count up with every new character GDG typed. See where I'm going with this? HE WASNT ABLE TO RENAME A TRANSLATION BECAUSE HE WAS TOO LAZY TO FUCKING READ AND CONCENTRATE FOR ONCE. Sorry for that, but even thinking about it gets me angry again.
To some this might sound like nothing, but it really got to me at this point. Maybe it will become more understandable as I post more GDG stories.
tl;dr: A 40 something year old man, who's been working in his job for over 10 years wasn't able to use a program which he daily uses and asks me for help, only to find out he's a complete dipshit.4 -
all the fun people at my workplace have either been fired or they have left. my workplace is bone dry now3
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had no idea what burnout was or meant until I had a fucking cerebrovascular accident.
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Why do Android apps not clear their own irrelevant notifications?
For example: If I mark all notifs as read within the devRant app, or archive an email in Gmail, or read a message in the Jira app, why does it not clear the status bar notification?
Is there a good reason, or is it just often overlooked by developers to perform a cleanup action like this?6 -
what the fuck is up with devs who always send screenshots of code and/or log files? In Slack, which has great functionality for formatting text snippets in a variety of languages and data types?! screenshots of code are really a pet peeve lately. You can't copy the text or click on any urls or do *anything* with a fucking screenshot. so dumb.6
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I don’t care how many tests you’ve passed, how many certificates you have on your wall, or how many letters you put after your name. I can tell if you’re an idiot one way or another.5
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I’m doing an internship, this is worst experience. No structure whatsoever,I don’t think they care about our interests. They’re just giving us coding stuff without even knowing if we’re interested or not in that particular field or technology. They made me code in c#. I’ve never used that a day in my life. The backend is big and complex with no comments or proper documentation(no documentation at all), only thing they gave us are some flow charts. I’m stressed out tbh.12
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I hate being in program purgatory. You don't know whether your program froze, or the CPU is hustling to crunch out those numbers. To kill or not to kill. That is the question. Q.Q2
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I don’t know if this job application question was to troll the applicant or the HR was being serious:
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When you finish writing your PR and just a minute or so later it's reviewed / merged!
Ｉｓ ｔｈｉｓ ｈｅａｖｅｎ？2 -
TDD has not been proven in studies to provide substantial reduction in cyclomatic complexity or other metrics of software development.
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Dev: Woah look at this code! I might be a genius!
Also dev a few months later: Woah WTH is this shit? Was I totally dumb or what?2 -
open file in eclipse while server is running
i haven't made any code changes or saved anything
ECLIPSE: I GOTTA REBUILD4 -
I think I've reached some kind of job nirvana. My coworkers and I all complain about our work. We're overworked, underappreciated, underpaid, and and have to deal with all sorts of bullshit all the time. Pretty much everyone who has been on the team longer than a year is talking about quitting.
But I started at this company as a level 1 tech support phone technician before I transferred into the DevOps side of things, and that tech support job was SO much worse. Way more stressful, way less pay, mandatory overtime, horrible scheduling, being forced to remain calm while people hurl insults at you over the phone, and it was a dead-end job with a high turnover rate and almost no opportunities for advancement of any kind.
And every time I think back on that job, I realize that what I have now is actually pretty great. I'm paid well (still underpaid for the job I do, but catching up really fast due to my current boss giving me several big raises to keep me from quitting lol). I deal only with other tech people like developers and data scientists so no more listening to salesmen insult me on the phone. I'm not in any sort of customer service role so I can call people on their bullshit as long as I'm professional about it. I'm salaried so they can't make me work horrible shifts. 99% of my days are a normal 9-5 workday. I actually have a reliable schedule to plan around.
People treat me like the adult that I am.
I'd get a similar experience at other, better-paying companies, for sure, but what I have now is still pretty great.
I'm sure I'll be back in a few days to rant about more nonsensical bullshit and stress, but for now I'm feeling the zen. -
Hey, all you shitty devs who give my Udemy courses 1 or 2 stars with no comment or feedback
FUCK YOU!!!!12 -
devRant's projects page is so sad..
https://devrant.com/projects
Most are either outdated , archived or gone11 -
Is it just me or does the search find a very limited set of rants for everyone? Maybe it finds only the most recent ones?5
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No need to chit chat or exchange pleasantries. I’m ok with complete silence, in fact I prefer it that way.3
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i was probably 4 or 5, my mom brought some educational games from school and I'd often play them. I don't remember a time before computers though5
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Stepping through the source code of a no-code-graphical-programming-tool (or however you call that) to understand why my stuff isn't doing its thing or at least see what it wants from me.
Very intuitive1 -
Always, always, with every estimate in time or resources you or your pm/manager/whatever thinks to need. Multiply that number by pi.
That's a more real-world estimate.8 -
I just bought a massage chair... At $1200, it's cheaper than an iPhone/Samsung phone or a gaming laptop/desktop7
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Idk why but it feels like lately i've such a pessimist approach to any new-tech (barring languages)
Any new framework or wrapper or CI/CD handler and without even seeing beyond description my instinct goes "fuccccccccck this, I hate it, it'll break things"
I wonder if theres a way to fix this mindset T__T or am I just getting old idkkk6 -
Is there a scientific term for *that* window of time where you feel totally unproductive before or after a call/standup? How long is it for you?5
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I want to start with Arduino stuff.
Some tips which board i should buy?
Or some tips for a Hello World or something like this?11 -
If i ever see a list of tuples or "key value pair" as a substitute for dictionary or hash map or whatever im going to go crazy18
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https://news.mit.edu/2022/...
"Based on the patterns of brain activity that were observed, the group could tell whether someone was evaluating a piece of code involving a loop or a branch. The researchers could also tell whether the code related to words or mathematical symbols, and whether someone was reading actual code or merely a written description of that code."1 -
Oh my god why is receiving email so fucking hard? I don't want spamassassin, I don't want antivirus, I don't want accounts or fail2ban or any of that bullshit, I just want all email that is sent to addresses under my server dumped in a database or folder so that I can digest them programmatically or display them in a GUI3
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Does anyone of you own a Microsoft Surface?
What are your thoughts on Surface vs. Mac.
For my next laptop upgrade, I am thinking to invest in a decent one which lasts of half a decade or longer.
Mac is surely out of question.
Have had terrible experience with Lenovo and Sony. Don't quite like HP or others.
Remaining options are Surface or Dell.17 -
CPU time? Wayland, or Linux.
I/O? Firefox or VSCode. If I'm pedantic about not counting dispatch as usage then VSCode because Firefox is just a mediator between me, the OS and the webapp at hand.2 -
I have an interview next week could you guys give me some tips. Please don’t be sarcastic or mean.10
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IDK why I get annoyed by underscores before private member names... Is i it useful or just an old relic?16
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Work is still going great, but I'm killing myself with general anxiety about other things...
Covid, laptop is gone for now, phone is acting up, I don't have any backup device, I'm running out of money, need to fix my teeth soon enough, health-wise I'm pre-diabetic and almost obese, (not look-wise, rather weight-wise) as well I will need to check for hormones because I'm growing body hair more than I should and still am losing head hair more than I should, and I should quit smoking.
... but I still love the work I do, so what does life and gods have against me? :|
I have been taking deep breaths more often to just not lose my shit these days. Like, unless I end up in a great situation next, this all is so unfair.3 -
Does anyone interact with posts by linkedin "influencers" or recruiters that isn't an "influencer" or recruiter themselve?
Do people exist that actually use linkedin as a social media site?5 -
I think they should update receipts with a barcode or numeric code that allows you to import item lists or at least budgetary categories into a desktop app or larger software system or utility so you can track where you money is going better
They put alot of things in bucket categories
Like somehow if I buy something at a gas station it goes into gas and transportation because that's what the company does...
Kind of dumb3 -
Deep learning is probably (????) the only research branch where every successful paper title needs to be a stupid acronym or meme
I work in a conversational AI startup and the new intern that joined yesterday didn't understand half the memes or acronyms (especially all the Simpsons related) because apparently he's "Gen Z" and all the paper title is "Millennial" humour
He's only 2 years younger than me. Am I literally at the millennial - GenZ border ? Or the intern is out of touch ?7 -
Is there anyone here who dealt with gaming addiction? I want real world responses, succes or failure stories. Not some third rate blog post copy paste replies please.18
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oftentimes I believe we are in simulation because of the unique fingerprints. It's like a uuid. Or a PK.7
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being in a state of mind where i hate everything and everyone, feeling suffocating, alone and incapable to achieve anything, and having no mood to get out of bad or eat or do anything.3
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Believe me or not but there are some companies that do test their software on prod and ignoring users complaining.
What you think of this?14 -
Saying I have 6years or experience, is it when I started learning it or utilizing it in my projects??🤔5
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Money or growth?
I'm mid level SE, looking to get promoted to Senior Level in January 2023.
(context: there are 4 levels before Engineering Manager or Software Architect in our company - 1 (or junior), 2 (or mid), 3 (or senior), 4 (or lead)...
But my total pay (way too good for my age at my place, but Software Engineers specially in FAANG and FAANG-like companies are overpaid here compared to the rest of the market.
My company, an Amazon's competitor in local market, earlier used to pay almost same as Amazon (or slightly higher to attract talent).
Recently, due to splurge of remote jobs, the MNCs started opening more offices (likes of Apple, Google, Amazon, Microsoft, Goldman, Morgan etc) hence the salaries increased even more.
Amazon for example, recently gave 33% increment on base pay recently.
Taking their base salary equal to my total pay (including stocks, bonus).
Should I switch for money or stay for growth?3 -
EVERY FUCKING VACATIONS I'VE EVER HAD SINCE HIGH SCHOOL, when I first learned to code.
Since then there have always been some school or uni assignment or something croaked in production while I was away and n00bs couldn't hack it.1 -
Why management loves to have excessive meetings about something that can be easily solve with one email or a text?4
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So my (public) health insurance should cover a test I'd like to make. But if I don't want to call a bunch of clinics every week for months only to get an appointment a year later eventually I'll have to pay myself (to get an appointment in a few months instead). -
Today on fucked up Javascript stuff: Call stacks whose bottom isn't an entry point or event handler
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Recruiter: We are looking for a full-stack expert. You have taken multiple apps from conception to deployment, and have experience and opinions on the best technologies to use and why. You should be comfortable implementing new features from scratch, making changes to existing features and writing complex migrations on production data.
Dev: lol4 -
I feel like whoever works with Magento full time either has ascended or completely lost their sanity.3
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Bleh, the game awards winners are a bunch of console hand-me-downs, or console exclusives. Fuck AAA games.13
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Good morning devs let’s rock this weekend 🥳
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You’re going to do something productive? 😎
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Have you ever thought, you might meet your soulmate or etc here? As a guy watching some of the rants here, I'd have Endless Hours of how was work or22
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If you use:
apt upgrade -y ; sudo !!
Is that chaotic neutral or simply madness?
Asking for a friend... -
GMail -> New Filter -> Includes "Magento" or "Specialist" in subject or body -> Delete Immediately
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What are your thoughts on higher education? Does a having a BS, MS, or PhD really make a difference?15
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Do you prefer a quiet environment whilst working or prefer to listen to something? In case of the latter, what do you usually play?18
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should i add to an existing horrible node js program with dependencies that are marked unsafe or no longer supported, or port to a nice shiny c# or python app that will probably be much easier to support and extend and organize ?2
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I’ve been very unlucky, undertalented, or underfunded with scaling issues. Can’t think of a time I ever successfully scaled a website or application to a faster performance because of any or all of those three factors.1
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17,000 USD a year?! That's outrageously high (for a Philippino)!! This dev must either be a god or they're ripping us off!
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In the midst of considering to be an AI engineer, data science or embedded programmer.
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ugh what have I done to myself?
Today I started this codingame thing someone mentioned on here, but because I'm stubborn I've played every puzzle or game in bash so far...
So yeah, I'm loosing to all the cool kids using C++ or python even on simple stuff and I'm always struggling with this weird syntax - like "$" or not ... whitespace? parenthesis?
I mean I do like some bash but these games are really not made for it4 -
Is it easy to switch to a different type of development?
I.e. going from desktop to web development, or to game development or systems development etc?4 -
What are your coffee/tea drinking habits?
Do you prefer coffee, tea, or other beverages? ☕ 🍵
Do you use a coffee maker/machine or something else?
I'm wondering if I should invest in a coffee machine 🤔26 -
Not sure if reading tech blogs in bed while falling half asleep is a sign of brilliance or insanity.3
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Is there any chance that Linux open source distributions such as Ubuntu would hide malicious code or backdoor or similar thing in their code and simply hide it in their release publication?15
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There is nothing worst than being asked to use a proprietary software.
I literally started coding as a kid so I wouldn't have to learn anyone else's idiotic design, or waste time being limited by the lack of feature, or hit a paywall every time I'm finally about to get shit done.
Use open source industry standards or gtfo.2 -
I am not tired enough to sleep but I am not awake enough to fully concentrate.
It has been going on for 3-4 days. Am I burn out?2 -
Yo guys any advice or tips for product dev/product management (internship) and all would be awesome1
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i do nothing special or different
gradle & eclipse: those dependencies which were literally just working are now fucked up, please fix me5 -
Still amazes me we have skin cancer causing syn gallore but people use tanning booth
Or tan period7 -
Should I just be a silly stupid evil selfish reckless bastard who is engages in wholesale rapine and doesn’t care about anything or make any rational or reasonable commentary on our system or any intelligent reasoning ?
Just remain curious
Seems to work for the garbage who should be getting punished and do everything to encourage their own punishment
Just saying
And wtf is that about ?
How can people who deserve it profit by this ?
Assholes3 -
Things like Mailtrack are against privacy, aren’t they? Especially because it’s not in the control of receivers at all. Or am I missing something?!4
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So I believe in replicated effort.
I like the idea of multiple groups of people creating or engaging in the very same endeavor at any moment as long as intermediaries between these people visit on each project and determine its merits.
Examples could be data gathering, or development or research.
Example maybe being multiple people operating methods of altitude heightmap gathers or canvas imaging and publishing the data.
Or canvassing neighborhoods for new construction.
Or as in my case creating a nice handy dandy file types database for use as lookup table values in my application.
You know what I hate however ?
HAVING TO DO IT ALL THE HELL OVER AGAIN NO MATTER HOW QUICK OF A TASK ONCE I'VE DONE THE TASK ITS LIKELY NOT GOING TO GET MUCH BETTER THE SECOND OR THIRD GODDAMN TIME AROUND !!!!4 -
When looking for technological answers or missing documentation, I often find my own questions and work-in-progress repositories on top of the search results. Either my problems are so unique (quite unlikely when following an official tutorial) or it's my way to describe the issues? Or maybe nobody else bothers to share their problems and knowledge publicly anymore?
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Is it just me, or have you also had your teammates getting less responsive once you're on your notice period?5
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I think one shouldn't be friend with their colleagues specially they are tester or manager .. Its hard to manage then.4
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What's your current Desktop or Laptop specifications that you use for work and what's your job title?11
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From a few days I have just been unable to make myself work and am so behind on my hours it seems overwhelming now
I don't know if it's burn out or lack of motivation or transition or what but I am just unable to comprehend anything work related.
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Me: *applying for software dev roles or product roles*
Also me: *applying for masters in swe or mba*
Also also me: *gets hired as a multimedia dev intern for pissmoney*1 -
Any suggestions or advice for me, i want to have a laravel or angular based work, but dont have experience on angular but i have some experience with laravel, any suggestions or advice regarding my concern.10
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Is ± read from left to right or right to left?
So if I write 1m ± 1% ± 1% does that mean 1m ± 2.01% (1% applied twice) or 1m ± 1.01% (1% applied to 1%)?8 -
Do you normally have a senior or someone’s who’s been working on a project from start run over the project with you before giving you any task, or do they just throw stuff down your throat?1
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senior: i need to waste your time on a completed task instead of distilling or teaching the learnings from it
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to be happy about weekend or to cry at all the work that needs to be done before heading to weekend1
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How many of you ever developed (Or partially) "Stockholm syndrome" with your boss / project manager?
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wow its been a while, hi community i have returned to pillage your stickers >:) hand them over peacefully or i shall remove your kneecaps in your sleep.1
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Regarding the web and mostly for large scale projects, what cms platform or even mvc like framework would you prefer to use or work with and why?9
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To all the M1 Macbook owners out there that use it for software development - do you regret your pick? If so, why (or what doesn't work)?4
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tech leads: updating or creating short wiki info documents i doubt we'll be using
idk why, but this is the last thing i'd expect them to be doing7 -
It's so fucking draining to work with someone asking questions or trying to get meetings instead of taking ownership.
And these questions are dumb or obvious. -
Bo bo bo have you seen Joe?
Nah just kidding, but what the dev rant plus or sponsor tag or what ever its called, what its features?4 -
If you were to start making a lightweight, fast, multiplatform client app, architecturally clean and simple, with as little of the JS(style) libraries and packages and transpilers and weird convoluted and/or unpleasant syntax trends like JS or flutter...
ideally (or at least minimally) something at least as straightforward as making a WinForms app in C#
...what language/tool/platform/tech stack would you choose?
...asking for a friend with totally not an absolutely cool idea that needs to exist.11 -
Getting bored!!! Suggest me some good things to do except scrolling linkedin or any social media..15
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I am about to start a project in RUSTLang , so RUSTLang Dev , is there anything I need to aware or advice before I start ?7
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so.. k
my name is not my name and i'm only 40 years old and its really 2022 ! I give ! Or Take or whatever ! and the world is fine, and people are great and none of this happened before ! can I do something different now or could all of you fucking fucks ?3 -
Are WITCH contractors with several YOE just naturally incompetent, or do they feign incompetence for more billable hours?4
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I never use pwd.
Either I figure out where I am via my prompt, or I use LS and sleuth out the folder via its contents, or I just "cd" and restart from home but I NEVER have used pwd.8 -
Question for devs:
How are y’all handling copy changes in your app? What’s ur process? Do you put up a PR for every small copy change or do you use a special tool or something?4 -
Isn't the subscribe function devrant work like creepy stalking someone...
Like what he commented,liked or posted....2 -
God I am fucking sick of hearing people I know are full of shit talking about how they served their country or how they were always here or how they're the same age as I actually am 20 years younger or pretending that nothing ever changed and time never passed
Fucking bitches29 -
I know it made sense resource wise, but being on constant support/incident tickets, bug fixes, out of hours & weekend deployments for the past like four months really drains you.
Though, now I have the opportunity of completing half a sprint on my own, while dealing with the ongoing incident tickets.
Not exactly what I hoped for, but I guess it's a change.1 -
Obviously ai and autodocument recognition and data extraction is not usable yet
Excepting when it's a pdf not a scanned document or image
Ocr may be but shift the whole.image or bend it or remove a border from some white out
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Was given 24 hours to come up with a payroll solution
opensource or develop one
any opensource resource to help ?7 -
Backend developer does not even sort his API results by ID or name. Damn. I hate dependencies like this. Simple things but they are too lazy to do.1
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You know what I think they should extend chatgpt to do ? Output some of it's results in math latex or circuit diagrams in jpg or some popular xml format
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Hi,
What tools do you use (or suggest use) to identify hard-coded credentials in a code or repo?
Thank you!4 -
When using Unity on a Mac is it better to get the latest version of Unity editor or the beta apple silicone version?4
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