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It had been 13 days since I was last approached with a "great idea for an app".
Today, the counter resets to zero!
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The three most dangerous things in the world are a programmer with a soldering iron, a hardware engineer with a software patch, and a user with an idea 😐6
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Here's an idea.
Make a virus called nudes
Everyone that says "Send Nudes"
I will send them "nudes"5 -
When anyone tells you some app idea you have already heard a thousand times, do you throw a OutOfFucksToGiveException?6
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The worst laziest thing I've done while programming?
That's easy
- Have an Idea.
- Think about that Idea.
- Then go play some games, watch a movie...4 -
I tagged myself in a comment, and it notified me... 😆
No idea if this is a DevRant thing of a DevRantron thing.. Both..?
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You know your idea was shit when you ask a freelance dev to make it for you, get denied and then see your idea being ranted about on devrant...7
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How to be a Dev:
Step 1: have a great idea
Step 2: start work on great idea
Step 3: read a blog about someone who also has a great idea and finishes it quicker than you prototype it
Step 4: check back daily and see them gloat about how much money, fame and shit they got from said idea
Step 4: rant about it on Dev rant to vent anger9 -
open telegram
'hey guys i have a cool idea for a project'
"yeah thats a neat idea lets do it"
we get drunk on the first meeting and completely forget about the project5 -
Idea Guy repellent:
Next time they tell you that they have a billion dollar idea and want you to build it, don't get angry.
Just point them to a code learning website and tell them if their idea is truly worth a billion dollar then they should spend the time learning the tech.
Then laugh as other idea guys come to them with ideas about their billion dollar apps while the rest of us are finally left alone.9 -
DevRant idea: a dedicated section for people to show off their personal projects To inspire other devs4
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That moment that you think of a way better way to do something than your initial idea was RIGHT BEFORE you implement / start working on the initial idea instead of after hours of work.
I could get used to this!2 -
We just deployed a new version of our app on a friday afternoon and all developers are taking the next week off. Wish us luck! 😂6
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Working on a project called ...fire... on linux, when suddenly realised, that
`$ touch fire` is a bad idea5 -
Whoever thought huge open plan offices were a good idea needs shot in the fucking face with a brick-gun9
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*Signs in to Outlook*
"You signed out of your account.
It's a good idea to close all browser windows."
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Me: Gets idea, buys a domain name
Me after 2 months: Looks at expenses, questions impromptu spending habits on domains5 -
If you come up with a great idea in a meeting to solve a problem, be prepared to implement it alone.4
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Every single time a friend comes to you with a "million dollar app idea" because he knows you're in webdev
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post != rant;
post = "Feature Request";
@dfox
Stack Overflow is full of abuntch of downvoteing dickbuts. The devrant community is so much more accepting of new devs, why not add a question section.
Down votes would only be allowed for spammers.
One the question was solved, it would go into the devrant question archive, Searchable by everyone.
Ik you have heard this one before, but it's Just my two cents.10 -
First contact with computers: draw a square using LOGO language. No idea which was the computer back then.
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devRant feature idea: Text formatting in Markdown. This is a community for developers, after all.14
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1. Comes up with a project idea.
2. Doesn't have enough friends who code to collaborate said idea with.
3. Abadons project.
All in that order. lol
I just want to build cool stuff. :(10 -
*gets awesome idea*
*gets another awesome idea*
*gets a third awesome idea*
*gets a fourth awesome idea and forgets the first one*
*gets a fifth awesome idea and forgets the second one*
etc, etc, etc.
that stuff can get really f*cking annoying.6 -
Our CEO/Boss thought up a new idea for an App
Boss: I got a new idea, i dont know what it is, but its very easy. How long you can do it?
Us: •.•3 -
Before I learned how to code and people said that you should print hello world I thought they really meant hook it up to a printer and print it on paper1
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That frustrating moment when you have an excellent app idea but a similar app already exists with over 50,000 downloads 😭😭😭
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Brought in a meeting a really good idea. One guy out of 9 sayd, that it's stupid and we could not use it.
1 week later the same guy proposes the same idea to the boss and team. Took all the merit and when I confronted him, he denied, that it was first my idea.
Fuck my life...2 -
When you give an idea to a senior and he send it to the architect as his own idea and also puts you on CC in email...4
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It came to me, a brilliant idea, a simple solution to an everyday problem and easy route to market. Great, starts looking for domains and writes down idea in full in case i forget. Later that day, picks up 12 year old son from school, tells him my great idea. He told me how shit it was and why straight away.7
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“Your idea is not valuable, at all. All value is in the execution. You think you are an exception; you are not. You should not insist on an NDA to talk about it; nobody serious will engage in contract review over an idea, and this will mark you as clueless.” Patrick McKenzie6
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Okay, here we go...
I need a new Programming language.
Coming from a Python background, so go easy on me. x.x
C# can do what I need, but it's quite complex for me. I'd rather something simplier is possible.
Brief summery:
So, I've come to realize that I wont be able to make my Python game(ExitCode) as powerful and fancy as I'd like. And I decided that I should just start from scratch before I go any farther. (Though, I might go ahead and stabilize the current versions on GitHub)
Here's what I need:
Powerful UI support;
* I am re-creating an OS as my game. I will need to drag and position windows and icons in-game, as you would in a real OS.
* Needs to support Ads, Animations, Images, Videos, Sound, and any other media I might need?
* Preferably can render HTML & CSS (Though, this is just a preference)
Support for reading JSON and/or XML files SAFELY (XML had major vulnerabilities in Python)
Supports Windows, but I would prefer cross-platform-ability
Easy to compile
I am not really looking for a game ENGINE. I am looking for a language to create a game in from scratch, that has powerful UI libraries.
In the end, the game will be Free, and Open Source. (Always!~)47 -
Had the great idea to look through all the TODOS in a project, only to find this masterpiece of comment. 👏🏻
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I just started an over-night BIOS upgrade on a computer at work.
So much can go wrong here, but I have no other option. Also, we are closed tomorrow, so I won't actually know what happened to the computer for 2 days.
And yes, when your system has the processing power of a potato, BIOS updates take a long time.7 -
!rant
Love this community, the idea of the app, developers, etc. Thanks everyone for making a home for devs.1 -
I love* not being a web developer.
*: who the fuck thought that 31bit wide integers are a good idea5 -
Am I the only one who thinks that using a flashlight for notifications is the worst fucking idea ever?10
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Whoever thought it was a good idea to put a 64 gb ssd in a laptop needs to rethink their decisions.5
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When it takes 30 minutes to find a power button in lenovo idea pad.
Whose idea was it to put a power button in bottom left side????5 -
Dragging my significant other to devrant is totally a good idea and I will hear nothing contrary to that. 😐11
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Yesterday I was hanging with the guys from our Records dpt in the staff lounge. Their manager is a pretty nice talkative guy. Everything was going well until this happened..
Him: Hey you, I have an idea for an app. You can"definitely" help me, right? Or someone you know who also does the code thing..
Me: It depends. Just before you tell me about this idea, know that you'll be paying me or whoever will be doing this job unt..i..l *he interrupts
Him: Paying? I thought it was a one time or few hundreds of dollars. Why do I have to keep paying when you haven't finished the app?
Me: Did you finish your entire work this week?...but you're still getting paid next week, right?
Him: Oh crap, makes sense. Ok, how about I pay you the amount you charge then, that's it?
Me: See, you don't get it. I know once the app is done, you'll come back to me to fix and update things. When that time comes, you'll have to pay me again. And with the initial payment, don't just think you pay me and that's all... you'll...
Him: Crap, I have think more and come up with a plan for this.. nevermind, I'll keep you updated.
I think I made him sad knowing that, this sort of things doesn't happen easily.2 -
Have a somewhat good game idea/concept...
Have no experience with game engines...
This could take a while10 -
>coding something
>come up with a brilliant idea
>coding that idea
>in that time you forgot what you have coding in the first place -
Who the flying fuck thought this was a good idea?
Could you not have used rails c/equivalent??
Doofus.
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!rant I just put my phone in my pocket with the devrant app open.
I take my phone out again about 10 minutes later and i'm in the process of making a new devrant account....
So somehow while the phone was in my pocket, it must have clicked the logout button and sign up button and had entered random letters for the email name and password section.
Boy, i'd like to know what my pocket (or Ass) wants to rant about....2 -
Most favorite: Intellij IDEA
Least favorite: Intellij IDEA
I mean, once Maven and stuff are set it's perfect. But, damn, configuring it on a new computer...3 -
I got a dayjob in a company. I got an error. I cannot solve it and I am so desperate. So I go to stackoverflow, nobody answers. I post on git issue, but nobody solves the problem. So, I pay someone to solve it, like Hackhands.com to find a mentor. There is no mentor that can help. So I pay more, hired a peer, and finally a development team just to help me. They get paid only if they solved it.
But each of my folks repeat my same steps, asking on stackoverflows or github, and none of these help. So, they end up hiring their own friends and mentors. Their friends also end up paying (pay before problem solved) someone to help them.
their friends pay for friends of friends, then friends of friends of friends
And all of a sudden it becomes a giant MLM scheme.
And those people they paid for actually work for a company behind the scene which I am a founder of 😁
Multi billions startup idea, is it?4 -
When you encounter a bug in your code while writing a test and you have absolutely no idea what's wrong...
...and then you see it's a type problem.
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Sister: why haven't you come up with a brilliant idea and built an app like Facebook/Twitter/Snapchat/Instagram?
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had a crazy idea about replicating devRant for other industries, realized twitter was started in 2006 😂2
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Idea for a devrant feature:
Devrant could have plugin support and the community could add plugins for clients to download.4 -
Internet connnection gone.
Windows-help: Search online for a solution.
Thanks Microsoft for the good idea!1 -
So I have this idea of a potentially amazing idea but I'm so conflicted as to whether or not it is a good idea (I know it will probably never happen) but it's really hard to put it in writing for people's opinions and input on it...
Anyone else have these moments?7 -
When the idea of a bonus is ignored again by corporate, and the idea of pay rises has been long forgotten3
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Started working on my old idea about contact app... Looking for some good name... And found an app having 30% common features I was thinking about. :(
Not sure if taking patent is a good idea on rest of the features.6 -
When you have a great idea but work and other projects delay it... When you finally get around to it, someone seems to have had the same idea, at the same time, but actually made it happen!
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I like the idea of having one hour interval between rant posting for letting more exposure for each rant.
It's a fucking brilliant idea.
@dfox chappeau my Genius.
thanks.10 -
So a question to all of the Java developers out there, am I the only one who can’t stand the idea of programming using eclipse or netbeans? I feel like Intellij idea is the best IDE that one can use8
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App idea: A tinder-esque service for developers, where devs woo their counterparts with intelligence.4
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A continuation to https://devrant.com/rants/2629107/...
Again the idea is bird/flock of birds.
Thanks to all the people who gave their opinion last time around.
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I fucking hate it when the manager comes up with an idea in his head. For him, the idea is the coolest because he itrated over it many times, but you shit fuck the idea needs to run when you transform it into code. Did u think about it?!
No, whatever it is, developers will figure out a way. Fuck off!!4 -
Does the idea of people being able to see your source code when creating a hybrid app scare you guys?4
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When your forced to change your "Development Process" on a weekly basis because everyone has a better idea
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please tell me who had the great idea that someone should put screen shots of a web page in a excel sheet to include as their "bug" report. I cant fathom that someone once thought this idea was "good"1
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Rant!
What ryms my gears seeing those posts on LinkedIn:
1. What startups need to do to become the next billion dollars corporate
2. App ideas that will sell in millions
3. What every wannabe needs to know to become the best entrepreneur
I honestly don't recall adding other than devs and HRs 😒 -
With the recommendation of some from here I went ahead and set up the Material Theme on my IntelliJ and I have to say, looks pretty sweet!
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Idea - News app that connects to a blood pressure monitor and adjusts your feed accordingly. It'd be so awesome.2
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Hey, here's an idea. Ethical cryptocurrency mining Adblock.
We've been talking a lot about mining as a revenue source and its ethics here, so that gave me an idea.
I've seen a lot of talk about blocking or boycotting mining websites.
Adblock has the "ethical ads" thing to allow reasonable ads to be displayed.
What if we made the mining equivalent of that: an extension that the user allows to mine with x resources, that prevents websites from doing their own mining, but which redistributes its mining results.
The website could just add a bit of script to tell the extension who they are, and while the page is on the foreground or streaming content, the extension would mine on their behalf.
This could also allow more transparency for the user: "your computer has generated x money for website y".
Wouldn't that be a nice middle ground? Does anyone know of a project like that?7 -
Who fucking thought its a good idea to disable the bluelightfilter in the battery saver mode on lineage os?! 😶2
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People sound like they hate their jobs here. What's your favorite part of being a dev? I like the idea of turning an idea into a real thing3
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!rant
I have a (imo) great idea for a small game, but I have no idea where to start or in what order I should work on certain features...
My programming skills themselves should suffice, I just have no idea what to begin with...
Does anyone here have any suggestions?12 -
Turn my partner's idea into fruition. I'm trying GameMaker since the concept is a text based 2d game.1
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So recently I saw a rant about a e2e encrypted social network and started to consider the idea, what do you guys / brother in code think about it2
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Uni nowadays be like:
Lecturer says everyone should come up with an idea, find out how much it costs, figure out the competition, write a business plan, find out the development costs and indicate your value proposition. Best idea gets an A.
This is more like trading an A for a potential billion dollar idea.2 -
Taking mandatory corporate compliance training that says what things I am not allowed to do...
BUT it's actually quite interesting because I never knew you could do these and well it's starting to give me ideas.... -
I thought it would be a good idea to name my dev blog after a common runtime exception. I started looking up un claimed domain names. I guess stackoverflow.com is taken. Next idea... indexOutOfBounds...?12
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Is it a good idea to develop non game app in Unity? Asking because I got an idea for a app and I know Unity very well. Way better than Xamarin for instance.3
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selfcare.tech
"A repository of self-care resources for developers & others"
http://selfcare.tech/
Good idea 👍 -
I had an idea: My work need a system to register our guests. I'm developing this system alone since February.2
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That one friend with "million dollar idea" ...
If you have such a great idea, learn how to program!! I would do it for million dollars ^^ ... -
We were learning a programming language for implementing our idea in hackathon.
A student who is a comp student and has no idea about coding asked us "What u do in hackathon? Do u hack computers... :/"5 -
Idea: So as curvew will be imposed around the world. Would it be a good idea to develop an app that would based on location assign a slot for people to leave the house for an hour a day?13
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Man, I think teaching is sooo hard...
it seems I can only start from two points: or I suppose the person is rock dumb and start sentences like "you know what top means right?"
(this is especially true because I'm not in a English speaking country and all of my references are in English (cuz since I learned it, I think it's easier to find good content in English))
or I go like:
"you only have to create a branch with the feature, the a class that implements the X interface to do this"
when the person doesn't even know how to make a function.
And now, I could convince the boss git is important and we should use it (I'm a intern). Result is: I need to teach git (git above all things, I have to teach git) to the other intern because the two interns will be responsible for taking care of the repos.
Not saying that I will fuck up, but leaving the repos to the interns, is this really a good idea 😂4 -
hey does anyone here have a idea what website i could build?
i know html/css, js, node.js and looked into express lately and would like to build something bigger but i have absolutly no idea what i can do ^^10 -
What i'll minded cocksucker decided it was a good idea to let the web application cache MySQL login credentials..3
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Wallpaper idea for my phone:
Create a stylish cheat sheet for e.g. git, made for mobile screen size.1 -
I'm looking for an idea of a project to do over the next few days, if anyone could give me a project idea that'd be great3
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Agents who try to convince you taking a job that earns less is a good idea for any reason other than them getting a recruitment fee
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So. My new machine at work has decided that running visual studio is too hard and our build script has decided that building vcxproj files is too hard. And our one sysadmin for our team of 100+ is the only one allowed to fix it.
Luckily I have an old box that *only* takes 45 minutes to run our build, a hangover, apparently I am going through early manopause because it is hot as fuck in this office, and today is the day that everyone wants to loudly ask every question ever.
I guess what I am saying is I blame everyone else for my bad decisions and project them into my you-me instead of focusing on my me-me. Also I really don't want to talk to the S.A. He is difficult. -
To avoid PMs and bosses on devRant, login should be made using GitHub. And only accounts with code on them should be accepted. And not just forks.2
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A browser inside a browser? Wow BrowserStack is amazing! Whoever came up with this idea, take a bow 🙌
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anyone know a proprietary software which doesn't have an open source alternative yet? I'm looking for a good project idea.16
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EF/asp.net core issue..
I've got a many to many relationship between idea and hashtag.
Currently i can POST an new idea with new hashtags just fine, but if i then POST a new idea, with the same hashtags, it tries to insert the hashtag again into hashtags on sql server, and fails since the hashtags should be unique...
What i expect of it is to just update junction table using the already created hashtag from first POST and create the new idea 😅21 -
By looking at the prototypes and technical ideas which I fail to implements due to various reason , I got an idea.
I got an idea to have a kind of grave yard where people can bury their fail prototype and technical ideas and other people can dug them for inspiration or profits.
As the saying goes "One man trash is another man treasure."
I hope this idea of making a grave yard will not be "an actual fail idea"5 -
In hindsight, sending WoL to an untested machine while 30 kilometers away was not a very smart idea.
The machine is up, but does not respond to pings and is unreachable.5 -
Why would anyone think that it's a good idea to turn the heater on in toilets in this fucking weather.1
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So since Im new to programming, I thought it was a good idea to make a github. Was that a good call?7
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Got a new idea in mind...by the time idea reaches pen and paper and computer ( I hear a voice back of my head...."Is that what you were think of, think of something NEW it's already implemented!")
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Whose idea was to name FaaS "serverless"? It's just a terribly misleading name which can confuse newcomers.3
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They have a global idea of what kind of sector I'm working in, but they have absolutely no idea what i do/make/create/produce (and I've given up on trying to explain it)
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"I don't think it's a good idea to do that."
Translation: "Your idea makes the once infinite calm on the planes of my soul, feel a level of rage that will end all living creatures, known or unknown to mankind"
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Start a project with new idea that will totally work. Rinse and repeat every 3 days, 3 weeks, 3 months 😅
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Any GNU/Linux tool idea?
I'm trying to find a project idea for creating a tool for GNU/Linux. My previous projects are available on GitHub and I'm open to any suggestions.
(I prefer to create useful CLI tools specifically.)2 -
!rant
Need a programmer who has previously worked on nodejs/ opencv for facial recognition. Got an interesting idea.3 -
anyone wants to share a good app idea? i have good coding skills but lagging behind on brainstorming a product3
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Not really a project idea per se, more of a very robust plugin idea or IDE feature (Jetbrains preferably), for suggesting better variable names while writing code.
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