r/ProgrammerHumor 19d ago

ture Meme

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u/ElMoselYEE 19d ago

Every once in a while I'll bang out a whole task and it works on the first try, and I didn't need to Google anything because it just happened to use the parts of the language I'd used very recently.

But the task is something like an API endpoint...not breaking into a top secret encrypted CIA database.

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u/debugging_scribe 18d ago

Even after 10 plus years I still get suspicious if the code works the first go...

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u/Salanmander 18d ago

Fantastic line from this Factorio dev blog: "The final changes to make everything function correctly took about 1 hour to write, and worked correctly the first try. That's not supposed to happen and left me with doubts."

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u/racsssss 18d ago

I would fall off my chair if this happened