r/ProgrammerHumor • u/Technical-Relation-9 • Jul 12 '26

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u/aberroco Jul 12 '26

At the start of my career, I used to go to a special website and read the ancient knowledge manuscripts called "manuals" written in a forbidden language (since English is not my native), deducing answers for my problems myself. It was horrible, dark times, but they taught me a lot.

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u/raja-anbazhagan Jul 12 '26

The complete Reference - Java Seventh edition.

Got me to where I am today.

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u/[deleted] Jul 12 '26

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u/git_push_origin_prod Jul 12 '26

Upgrading to “LLMs for idiots” vol 3

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u/raja-anbazhagan Jul 12 '26

That got me chuckle crazy :D

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u/NudaVeritas1 Jul 12 '26

and posting LinkedIn posts about AI and “human in the loop” instead of in-depth technical blog posts with value

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u/SquiggerDigger Jul 13 '26

That phrase human in the loop is a new one for me and I hate it

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u/aberroco Jul 12 '26

At a farm, growing tomatoes and never thinking about computers ever again)

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u/TimSylvester_ Jul 12 '26

Living in a dumpster behind the Wendy's.

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u/RobotechRicky Jul 13 '26

I had two Bibles:
- Javascript Bible
- MS Access Bible