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 10 months ago by Bleeb@lemmy.world to technology@lemmy.world
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Comments
haywire7@lemmy.world 10 months ago
unreachable@lemmy.my.id 10 months ago
“it’s a piece of cake” - famous last words
NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Nothing is worse for me at work than when someone asks me for a delivery timeline
Johanno@lemmy.fmhy.net 10 months 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 10 months ago
And then we find ourselves falling victim to the sunk cost fallacy.
anonyplum@lemm.ee [bot] 10 months ago
This makes me wanna LOL and cry at the same time.
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 10 months 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 10 months ago
I do love pinboard, btw.
Narrrz@kbin.social 10 months ago
you know what? I'm done. "while(..."
csfirecracker@lemmyf.uk 10 months ago
If things were always as easy I thought they’d be my life would be a lot easier :/
Feugnis@lemm.ee 10 months ago
I’m really feeling all those hours I spend learning vim to never use vim.
Chocrates@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Aww, I don’t really code anymore and I’m in vim every day
milkjug@lemmy.wildfyre.dev 10 months 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 10 months 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 10 months ago
When a 2-day project turns into a 2-week project 🙃
Bleeb@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I’ll pull THIS story. It’ll be easy.
Johanno@lemmy.fmhy.net 10 months ago
When a 3 month task turn into a 3 year one