Retarded programmers

[cavehamster]

After wasting most of the last few days on stupid little configuration issues, I have come to the conclusion that programmers in general are either lazy ("it worked for me"), or just too damn clever for their own good ("this is the most perfect solution").  Not to say I have not fallen into one of these traps myself, but you would think a peer reviewed, group designed software project would manage to have one member who was not pumping out the same shit as everyone else.

Is a little documentation so hard?  And no, your random-ass 'clever' code is not self documenting if it takes me an hour to puzzle out how you are using some edge condition of a register to accomplish your smug programming challenge.

Gah.

[Requia ☣]

you would think a peer reviewed, group designed software project would manage to have one member who was not pumping out the same shit as everyone else.

I took tech support calls from Microsoft's programmers when i was with them.  It is *worse* not better in big organizations.

[Remington]

Is a little documentation so hard?  And no, your random-ass 'clever' code is not self documenting if it takes me an hour to puzzle out how you are using some edge condition of a register to accomplish your smug programming challenge.

Gah.

Lack of documentation is the new job security. If you're the only one who understands how your code works, they can't fire you, can they?

Remington,
Hoarding knowledge in case he ever needs it.

[cavehamster]

Is a little documentation so hard?  And no, your random-ass 'clever' code is not self documenting if it takes me an hour to puzzle out how you are using some edge condition of a register to accomplish your smug programming challenge.

Gah.

Lack of documentation is the new job security. If you're the only one who understands how your code works, they can't fire you, can they?

Remington,
Hoarding knowledge in case he ever needs it.

This is true.  I've made money by being the only one knowing what is going on before.  But it still makes me angry when I'm on the other side of it, trying to support some braindead design.

[Remington]

Is a little documentation so hard?  And no, your random-ass 'clever' code is not self documenting if it takes me an hour to puzzle out how you are using some edge condition of a register to accomplish your smug programming challenge.

Gah.

Lack of documentation is the new job security. If you're the only one who understands how your code works, they can't fire you, can they?

Remington,
Hoarding knowledge in case he ever needs it.

This is true.  I've made money by being the only one knowing what is going on before.  But it still makes me angry when I'm on the other side of it, trying to support some braindead design.

I guarantee you that that programmer has a fully commented, extensively documented version of the source code on his home computer. For his own personal reference, of course.

Rather than try to crack the 512-bit AES encryption it's no doubt secured with, I suggest taking a metal pipe and dragging him into a switching closet when no-one's looking.
He will talk.

[cavehamster]

Is a little documentation so hard?  And no, your random-ass 'clever' code is not self documenting if it takes me an hour to puzzle out how you are using some edge condition of a register to accomplish your smug programming challenge.

Gah.

Lack of documentation is the new job security. If you're the only one who understands how your code works, they can't fire you, can they?

Remington,
Hoarding knowledge in case he ever needs it.

This is true.  I've made money by being the only one knowing what is going on before.  But it still makes me angry when I'm on the other side of it, trying to support some braindead design.

I guarantee you that that programmer has a fully commented, extensively documented version of the source code on his home computer. For his own personal reference, of course.

Rather than try to crack the 512-bit AES encryption it's no doubt secured with, I suggest taking a metal pipe and dragging him into a switching closet when no-one's looking.
He will talk.

Hawt!  I like where this is going.

[Jasper]

Yeah, I thought I'd try my hand at learning how to crack crypto, then I learned about rubber hose cryptography.

[Remington]

[cavehamster]

I'm sure this is pretty close to the truth.

[Nast]

Are you a bit drunk?

[cavehamster]

do better yourself then.

or stop fucking bitching init.

have you progged a better and more working interface than they have? no have you fuck. so stfu. have you decided to take time out to write a better and more worthy faw/design notes? no have you fuck. stfu again.


either:

a. program a better version than your companies paied proggers and make it good and STFU

or b

STFU

yeah?

altho its better to patheticaly moan about something that you could not for a fact do better at yeah? amirite?

I dunno, I kinda liked the short version better before you edited it and added the rest.  It was short and to the point, unlike the temper tantrum you've crafted here.

Bonus points for the effort, though!

[cavehamster]

also., this just in:

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOooooooooooooOOOOOOOOOOOoooooooooooooOOOOOOOOOOOOooooooooooooooo.

Whatcha been drinking?

[cavehamster]

brandy cannabis tincture and coke. and larger. also WOOOOOOOOooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

A nice way to chase a Tuesday out, I think.  Looks like you could use a refill...

[The Good Reverend Roger]

Is a little documentation so hard?  And no, your random-ass 'clever' code is not self documenting if it takes me an hour to puzzle out how you are using some edge condition of a register to accomplish your smug programming challenge.

Gah.

Lack of documentation is the new job security. If you're the only one who understands how your code works, they can't fire you, can they?

Remington,
Hoarding knowledge in case he ever needs it.

There is nothing new about this.  AT&T basically STARTED their computer business with a million lines of undocumented spaghetti code.

[P3nT4gR4m]

Spaghetti is the only way to code. Start off with only a very basic outline of what you want to do and then try to write it, no diagrams, nothing. By the time you get to version 3 you'll have the neatest, most well documented source the world has ever seen. V1 & 2 will beat that shit into you.