I know a few developers who do this 😂

!rant

I just figured out you can double tap rants to give them a ++.

:: *joins devRant to rant about everything*

:: *everything I want to complain about is on the front page*

:: *sighs in relief*

my current workspace

I am so off my game today that I accidentally rewrote the String.IfNullOrWhiteSpace extension method in C# because I forgot it existed.

My extension had a better name tho: String.IfItAintNoThang

Everybody leaves me alone until I'm pseudocoding an algorithm to solve a tough problem and need to keep my train of thought. Then suddenly everybody needs me.

When being a developer means you give up sleep :p

Boss: We need you to configure our Apache Tomcat server for SSL.

Me: Okay, what version of Tomcat is installed?

Boss: 5.5.20

Me:

I resolved a list of bugs and no new problems came up in testing.

So why am I so scared?

On a good day for me as an SE, the ratio of solving problems to causing problems is close to 1:1

Me: "I got the job! I write computer programs now!"

Mom: "I'm so proud of you, -bgm-. Does that mean you can come over and take a look at my computer now? The speakers, whenever I go on Facebook, they make this popping noise--"

Me: "Gotta go, ma."

!rant

Out of all the Easter eggs you put in your code, which is your favorite?

!rant

I just found out that if you have a list of lists in C#, you can use a LINQ statement and specify indices inside the lambda instead of nested ForEaches.

This code is giving me the vapors

In final stage of vendor analysis review for new Enterprise Business Continuity tool. Teching out finalists now in sandbox. Will report analysis recap when completed.

Work email conversation with a COTS app support tech:

Tech: Could you provide me the following from Sql Server? (instructions followed)

Me: I am not the DBA, but I've sent them the request.

Tech: Could you send me the following from Sql Server while we wait? (Instructions followed)

Me: As I said, I don't have permissions to access what you want.

Tech: Oh, I see now, you most likely don't have proper access to be able to retrieve the information.

Me: ..yeah. Thanks.