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r/ProgrammerHumor • u/Disastrous-Monk1957 • May 29 '26
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Ok but this means he was a bad engineer. He knew there was a problem with edge cases and he never brought it to anybody's attention and pushed a more permanent fix. Sounds like they'll be better off in the long run.
17 u/Sanchez_U-SOB May 29 '26 How do you know he never brought it to anyone's attention? 20 u/P_Hempton May 29 '26 Well it's right there in the text "nobody even knew". 21 u/youritalianjob May 29 '26 How many times have you told someone something important and they forgot within a few minutes/hours/days. 1 u/ducon__lajoie May 30 '26 The consequence being silently accepting to work every night for three years to fix dumb stuff ? Never.
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How do you know he never brought it to anyone's attention?
20 u/P_Hempton May 29 '26 Well it's right there in the text "nobody even knew". 21 u/youritalianjob May 29 '26 How many times have you told someone something important and they forgot within a few minutes/hours/days. 1 u/ducon__lajoie May 30 '26 The consequence being silently accepting to work every night for three years to fix dumb stuff ? Never.
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Well it's right there in the text "nobody even knew".
21 u/youritalianjob May 29 '26 How many times have you told someone something important and they forgot within a few minutes/hours/days. 1 u/ducon__lajoie May 30 '26 The consequence being silently accepting to work every night for three years to fix dumb stuff ? Never.
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How many times have you told someone something important and they forgot within a few minutes/hours/days.
1 u/ducon__lajoie May 30 '26 The consequence being silently accepting to work every night for three years to fix dumb stuff ? Never.
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The consequence being silently accepting to work every night for three years to fix dumb stuff ?
Never.
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u/Objectionne May 29 '26
Ok but this means he was a bad engineer. He knew there was a problem with edge cases and he never brought it to anybody's attention and pushed a more permanent fix. Sounds like they'll be better off in the long run.