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AboutHave a BTech degree in software development. Currently working as a web developer.
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SkillsJavaScript Knockout PHP C# MVC WPF
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LocationPort Elizabeth, South Africa
Joined devRant on 10/31/2016
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If body { background: red; } isn’t the first thing you do to test a CSS file is included, then I don’t know what kind of developer you are.3
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True story. During meeting, our manager asked us, how the data flow. Our lead programmer response, "PHP will produce Son of Jay output, and read by Javascript".
Our manager; "Hmm... Interesting"5 -
PHP's lack of consistence in naming conventions with built-in functions. For example, str_split() and strlen().8
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Just got a reply from a client complaining that the site I did for him is "too responsive".
Never got this kind of complain.
Normally I might get some complains about the site not being fully responsive but never was I expecting to receive a "site is too responsive" complain.15 -
If you had
one language
One framework
To code everything you want
Would you learn it or let it pass
His code is heavy,
arms are weak,
mind is bending.
It's all spaghetti.
He is nervous but looks calm and ready
to go now
but he keeps on forgetting
what he wrote down.
The manager is getting loud
He moves his mouse but the bugs won't got out
They are features now
Time to ship
Over blaow!18 -
WORST???
Seeing your code, which you were proud about, now being butchered by some interns/newbies 😲
Just like seeing your X girlfriend after long time 😒10 -
// during testing, fortunately!
addresses = [
'user1@blah.com',
...
]
x=0
while ( x < addresses.length ) {
toEmail = addresses[x]
sendEmail ( toEmail )
// forget to increment x
}
// user1 not too happy4 -
Worst part of being a dev:
Having to go through a week long battle with the infrastructure team to do what I could have done in 5 minutes. -
That moment when I realise why the CD of Ultimate Boot CD I have asked the tech team to burn for me does not boot... Because it *contains* the ISO file...5