• mikyopii@programming.dev
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      2 years ago

      I’ve been an actual janitor and a sysadmin… they’re not dissimilar. You clean up other people’s shit for a living.

  • Onno (VK6FLAB)@lemmy.radio
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    2 years ago

    It’s mind bending that there are actual humans on the planet, paid a shit tonne more than software developers, who not only believe the parody highlighted by @SwiftOnSecutity, but treat and share it as gospel, acting on it with nutjob metrics to “increase productivity” whilst salivating over the hyperbole around “AI” that is sweeping the globe, dreaming of a better world.

    One without those pesky developers with their brains, thoughts and opinions.

    But, what do I know, I’ve been in this profession for only 40 years…

  • KindaABigDyl@programming.dev
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    2 years ago

    I agree with the last point tbh

    At the bare minimum, if you aren’t capable of contributing to the library you use, then you don’t deserve to use it.

    • xmunk@sh.itjust.works
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      2 years ago

      I disagree, if you aren’t capable of contributing to a library you should be required to use it rather than roll your own solution.

        • force@lemmy.world
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          2 years ago

          Because software devs have the weeks/months to learn vulkan every time they want to use a GUI for their job, or to learn compiler design whenever they wanna use java for their job

          • KindaABigDyl@programming.dev
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            2 years ago

            to learn vulkan every time they want to use a GUI for their job

            Not every time, just the first time. But yes. Devs should stop being so lazy

            compiler design whenever they wanna use java for their job

            Every dev should at least know the basics of language design and compiler design, yes. Again, you also only have to learn it once

            • xmunk@sh.itjust.works
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              2 years ago

              As someone who has written a DB handle… that shit is hard, I had to be extremely careful to protect against SQL injection. Everyone rolling their own is how we return to the Era of XSS and SQL Injection on every website. I’d prefer to have young devs use libraries and contribute as they gain knowledge.

              • KindaABigDyl@programming.dev
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                2 years ago

                that shit is hard, I had to be extremely careful to protect against SQL injection

                People need to learn to be careful

  • s12@sopuli.xyz
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    2 years ago

    The IT people! The DEV team’s worst nemesis! They must be stopped before we are destroyed!

  • KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.comBannedEnglish
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    2 years ago

    im convinced most developers spend more time working on making shit work, rather than actually writing code and bugfixing it.

    edit: this was mostly a shitpost, and i was expecting some flack, but i got basically none. Can we have a real moment here. Are you guys doing ok? Who made you do this to yourselves?

    ok, real talk over, we’re going back to suffering now.

    • jubilationtcornpone@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      2 years ago

      Half the time it’s trying to figure out where to apply the next piece of duct tape to keep the entire house of cards (and duct tape) from collapsing.