14 hours into writing the script that was going to save you from doing the task yourself and you can’t quit now, too much time has been put into this endeavour.
Programmer's Credo
Submitted 1 year ago by Bleeb@lemmy.world to technology@lemmy.world
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Comments
haywire7@lemmy.world 1 year ago
unreachable@lemmy.my.id 1 year ago
“it’s a piece of cake” - famous last words
NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Nothing is worse for me at work than when someone asks me for a delivery timeline
Johanno@lemmy.fmhy.net 1 year ago
Ufff eeehhmm probably about two month or so in the best case. 5 years in the worst case and realistically about 9 months.
DirkMcCallahan@lemmy.world 1 year ago
And then we find ourselves falling victim to the sunk cost fallacy.
anonyplum@lemm.ee [bot] 1 year ago
This makes me wanna LOL and cry at the same time.
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Is that metal? Did someone actually turn a tweet into a metal plaque? I’m not complaining, I think it’s funny.
TacoButtPlug@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
I do love pinboard, btw.
Narrrz@kbin.social 1 year ago
you know what? I'm done. "while(..."
csfirecracker@lemmyf.uk 1 year ago
If things were always as easy I thought they’d be my life would be a lot easier :/
Feugnis@lemm.ee 1 year ago
I’m really feeling all those hours I spend learning vim to never use vim.
Chocrates@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Aww, I don’t really code anymore and I’m in vim every day
milkjug@lemmy.wildfyre.dev 1 year ago
Does it count if I’m in vi only because I don’t know how to exit? I have to buy a new computer every time.
btaf45@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I literally use vi/vim for everything that I can. I would use it for gmail if there was a way.
TheSaneWriter@lemmy.thesanewriter.com 1 year ago
When a 2-day project turns into a 2-week project 🙃
Bleeb@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I’ll pull THIS story. It’ll be easy.
Johanno@lemmy.fmhy.net 1 year ago
When a 3 month task turn into a 3 year one