cm0002@sh.itjust.works to Programmer Humor@programming.dev · 2 months agoWhat is the result of a programmer's work?lemmy.mlimagemessage-square43fedilinkarrow-up16cross-posted to: programmerhumor@lemmy.ml
arrow-up16imageWhat is the result of a programmer's work?lemmy.mlcm0002@sh.itjust.works to Programmer Humor@programming.dev · 2 months agomessage-square43fedilinkcross-posted to: programmerhumor@lemmy.ml
minus-squaremelsaskca@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoAn architect’s building can last several hundred years. A programmers genius logic becomes obsolete in three years.
minus-squareValmond@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoAnd the fools rushed code is still there a decade later…
minus-squareCevilia (she/they/…)@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoExcept when it doesn’t. Then it becomes https://xkcd.com/2347/
minus-squareEcho Dot@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoDon’t worry there’ll be a company in 2095 that still using it. They’re always is someone.
minus-squarepsud@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoI have some perl code still good after ~20 years. Personal accounting and bill prediction, command line with todo comments about a never made web interface
An architect’s building can last several hundred years. A programmers genius logic becomes obsolete in three years.
And the fools rushed code is still there a decade later…
You nailed it.
Except when it doesn’t. Then it becomes https://xkcd.com/2347/
Don’t worry there’ll be a company in 2095 that still using it. They’re always is someone.
I have some perl code still good after ~20 years. Personal accounting and bill prediction, command line with todo comments about a never made web interface