Ladies and Gentlemen,

I present you the API I'm working with...

That's a pretty fucking useful error description right there.

Wait... Why didn't anyone thought about that?

HR - There is a 2 years gap on your CV!
Candidate - I was in jail.

HR - Why?
Candidate:- I killed the guy who told me : "We'll call you back".

HR :- Welcome on board, You have the Job.

Just because you're special doesn't mean that you are useful!!

Today on how to make money fast:

commentingSkills++;

I think you guys will find this very useful

browsing application source, found this beauty of a method 😶

And the award for Most Useful Comment goes to...

I don't get it, why would you put infinite scroll on a site that has useful links in the footer?

Gitkraken because it makes working with branches, submodules, merging, amending, rebasing, squashing, stashing etc. super easy and visual. Especially useful in huge projects.

"Using HTTPS is only useful if your page has a login. Just use HTTP."

Just realized I'm using an almost decade old Acer aspire laptop for programming. And its still useful because Linux.

This useful codes...

useful graphic SQL joins

The most useful utility I've ever seen 😮

I now understand the double tap feature. It's really useful when your reading devRant while eating.

You're about as useful as a semicolon in Python

Whenever I find a good github project I go straight for the "utils" folder to see if I can steal anything useful

Pretty useful error message

When trying to add comment on a rant.

ANDDDDDD the award for most useful graph goes TO…

Useful as fuck...

You are as useful as your code. Useless.

Best source code comment I’ve seen.

Grammarly: the world's most useful keylogger.

I have a lot of interesting code snippets from some kind of inhouse CRM/billing software, but for now let's look at this very useful PHP function.

"Make the feature more useful."

Please write a user story. It's hard to determine what you want.

"As Sales Agent I would like the <feature> to be extended so it's more useful to me."

(ノಥ,_｣ಥ)ノ彡┻━┻

That moment when your college makes you realize why a .net book is useful 😦

The only useful indicator of code-quality is the wtf-per-minute scale.

"A blank JS file is more useful than you."

Thanks for such useful information, PHPMyAdmin!

I just did it dummy... I have been using devrant when you had to get +100 to get a ball.

"I will create a very useful library and won't document it" - said every developer ever.

This fucking snapcraft is making me lose my goddamn mind.

Just wanted to share my latest WebGL experience...

I bet this is true for all of us

This is one reason to be lazy

This is both creepy and useful at the same time.

Most useful website ever !

Most useful readme file award goes too...

Useful cheats to live-by

Print 'Hello World' in ReactJS.

# Time - dies
# Memory - cries in silence
# C - gives an evil laugh

Thanks, very useful advice sir

How do you salvage a really hard question on a whiteboard interview?

Ans: "I'm sorry, I don't code on light theme"!

Via reddit user csquestions5583292

I download a lot of different stuff all the time. Often times I don't actually get around to cleaning it up. Thus, I decided I needed to build a script to further encourage my bad habits.

Here I've built a script for both Windows and Linux. It's designed to take all the files in the current directory and move them into their own folders based on their extensions. Why is this useful?

It's fucking useful when you're not having to swim through fucking mountains of content.

Anyways without any further ado here are the scripts.

Linux

#!/bin/bash
for i in *.*; do
filename=$(basename -- "$i")
extension="${filename##*.}"
extension="$extension"files
mkdir "$extension"
mv "$i" "$extension"
done

Windows

@echo off
for %%i in (*.*) do (
if not exist %%~xifile md %%~xifile
)
for %%i in (*.*) do (
if "%%i" NEQ "movingFiles.bat" move "%%i" "%%~xifile"
)

Fuck yes for data hoarding! Wanted to start on a project again but thought I lost everything.

Code is sill in git, (took me a while to find but whatever) database is still on my own laptop (due to ex/importing my entire local host as for databases every time I do a new installation).

Let’s get this fucker going again 😎

I just started using git. it is unbelievably useful. What an idiot I was that I didn't start using it earlier. I LOVE GIT!

What a useful error message

The most useful circuit evarr.......

"Nothing good will ever come of this computer thing of yours. Stop wasting time and learn something useful."
. . .
My Mom was telling me this for years.

I love this new dictionary. Keeping it for a better way to explain to non-techies about what I do

A story before the start of another week,

So last Friday, one of the business guy came over and asked a rather peculiar request, the conversation went like this,

"" -> business guy
// -> me/colleague

"Can you export the code from the repo?"

//uhh, sorry, what?

"Yeah, can you export, the code, from the repo? The latest one?"

//as in the code? You're asking for the source code?

"Yep, that's the one"

//oookay..., what is the purpose of that? What are you going to do with it?

"Nothing, just so that we have it"

//well, we do have it, stored securely in the repo

"Yeah but we need the code, as, you know, physically? not the one in the repo, we want to kinda have another copy for ourselves, just put it in a zip or something"

//again, we already have it stored in the repo, what do you need another copy for?

"Ahhh, you know, just that we know that we have some kind of proof of the state of the progress... of the feature (insert hand gesture) that we're working on, so that we know that we have reached... this... far, or something like that"

//that's what the versions are for, we can always rollback to whichever... past... state (insert hand gesture) that we have done and/or doing, everything is there in the repo,

"Uhhh, it's not much about versions or anything really..."

//so?

"You know, we need like a... documentation of some kind, for ourselves"

//so the code you're asking would be obsolete immediately, there're new changes everyday,
//it's better if you request an access for the repo and refer to a specific version from there if you want to document it,
//we can't compare the copy of the code if something went "not as you would have liked it",
//the documentation would be confusing as the code it's referring to is not the correct source of truth

"Hmmm, yeah, requesting repo access would require a some kind of a strong reason to be approved, besides it's gonna take a while, and it's not about comparing really, its just..., so that we have a copy of the code for our own... documentation"

//(I smell bs) well the argument stands, the code is going nowhere, it's there in the repo, if you would like a copy, request an access for the repo, and you can read/copy/document it all you like from there,

*then it goes for 20 more minutes of roundabout pleas about "documentations" and "having a copy of the code" with other colleagues before the guy gave up and went to think about requesting repo access,

In the rules, repo access is restricted for developer only, except for those with good and acceptable reason can have one, and requesting an access requires some strong reasoning and quite a lengthy procedure for non developer,

Until today, I still can't figure out the context/motive behind the request 🙃

Probably some bs they tried to pull, again,

Let’s make your $$$$ MacBook Pro with Touch Bar more useful on Windows.
@imbushuo

Without the internet, you are about as useful as nipples on a breastplate.

Wk103 got to be the best weekly rant, it’s like everybody sharing a good quote about programming, and it’s useful

Oh, that feeling when you learn the entry level dev, with no useful knowledge, gets paid more than you...
Priceless...

My first PR approved for open source community. WOW !!!

It's felt like heaven. I'm done something useful 😍

OK right!!??

This laptop at CES has a dedicated .com button, would this be useful? 🤔

[Him]: Hey can I ask a quick question
[Me. ]: Of course!
[Him]: Why do you multiply the amount of timer ticks with 31000 to get the amount of nanoseconds here ?

Totally useful!
Master CS Degree.
More knowledge then most coders.
More knowledge on what’s going to come.

No ragrets 🤷‍♂️

Found this online, it seems MS-Paint is still useful.

Most useful terminal command for Xcode is killall Xcode!

So I've been playing some DnD with friends.
And we've been working with some lego characters, whiteboard markers and plastic sheets to draw on.

But that's always a mess:
The ink was old and did not come off again for the most part
The sides of the map curled up and and made the lego character fall over
The lego characters were too big
And more...

So I thought, why not make it digital?

And so I did.
I used UWP to make a master and a client, both using the Windows Ink api to be able to draw.
Some circles with an initial served as characters, and everything was synchronized using a TCP library I wrote half a year ago.

Yesterday we tried it out.
We all (including me) were sceptical if it would work well because the 'analog' clumsy way we did it before does have a certain charm.

But at the end we were all very enthousiastic about it and we'll be using it next time too!
It's awesome to be able to create programs for your own use :D
That's why being able to program is such a great thing!

Now I need to restructure everything, make it more efficient, add a turn order display, make the map zoom- and moveable and more and more....

Why doesn't DevRant have a poll option? I am sure it will be useful to a lot of ranters 😊

I would ban java and c# from university campuses, and make people learn useful languages instead.

As useful as it can be, I despise auto-typecasting.

That is all.

Thanks streamlabs for the useful statistics 👌

On Windows: Use Tools and scripts to stop/uninstall/deactivate functionality so that the OS becomes useful for me.

On Debian: Use Tools and scripts to start/install/activate functionality so that the OS becomes useful for me.

🤔🤔🤔🤔🤭

Useful documentation is useful

It turns out that autohotkey is really useful for making a keylogger..

Finally got myself a Fidget Cube, a must have for every fidgeting programmer!

"… try to absorb what is useful, discard what is useless, and add what is essentially your own." - Bruce Lee

So I had test from Linux. One of the question was "What is the name of Linux creator?"

I'm sure it'll be useful af

I don't want to come off as a linux-elitist but it's simply amazing how much easier my job is on linux. A good example recently was setting up some libraries for a C++ program I was writing to show to my class. Most of them were using Windows and visual studio, took about 15 minutes to download all the headers and libs, and show them how to configure a VS solution to link them. Not too big a deal but on linux, it only took about 30 seconds to pacman and gcc -l the lib. Little things like that keep me interested in linux as a dev tool.

What do you think is that useful feature or trash? 🤔

Probably the most useful answer in stackoverflow (atleast for me)

Edge Uses 14℅ less battery .

No wonder it doesn't do anything useful.

Pro tip to scrum masters: bringing a scrum suitcase to your sprint meetings is more useful than bringing scrumbags.

Wish you lots of useful codes instead of shit and crap codes.

Someone wrote a website that will convert cm^3 to mL for you. How useful!

Their JavaScript is, unfortunately, less than optimal for such a task however.

I just trained a neural network to recognize if a word is uppercase. I'm sure it will be useful at some point.

Wow. Such comment. Much useful.

Windows 10 Enterprise i just hate it cost like a lot and its not useful Linux is free and you can do a lot of things

There are milions of programmers on the world why they didnt make IDE what have button "Fix every bug and error" ?

//Proof that C++ is godly !

auto water = new Water();
auto wine = reinterpret_cast<Wine>(water);

//Ha ha

Front-end dev makes site look nice: "that looks great! Nice job"

Back-end dev makes site do everything useful: "right, that's how it's supposed to work"

Understand my own code after two weeks
This is very useful 😂

No Google, this isn't useful to me right now.... Or ever.

Best part of using *nix is discovering useful tools from the 1970s.

my 8 month old on her stroller at the grocery:
*cries in screaming*
*is scared of unrecognized faces*
every single old person we pass by:
let's grinstare this thing right on its fucking face.
baby: *cries harder*
old fuck: uh oh, time to go

Useful as fuck

I just found a reason to use Edge - viewing PDFs when I'm too lazy to install acrobat reader!

"Your code is just about as useful as the __pycache__ folder"

Computer science doesn't just mean teach me how to use Microsoft office over and over... MS Access is not useful!!!

A computer is quite useful

I never have anything useful to say in standups because all my stuff works. which can make it seem like i'm not working on anything.

!rant
I love using DevRant and i am also a frequent visitor of sites like TechCrunch and ReCode. What other sites or apps would you recommend for devs or tech geeks??

I hate when a software update changelog looks like this:

The latest update is now available, update your software to get the most out of it.

I want a fucking changelog before updating my things. Like: fixed a bug, new button with cool new feature. Just something. I have to know. Can't just install something blindly that could ruin my software, especially when it's not reversible..

!rant
One thing I like about DevRant is , even when a rant fails miserably, dev's will find some creative way to make it funny or useful.

The keyboard, because it allows me to type shit out. I find it extreeeeemely useful.

Thanks Facebook. Very useful.

What a helpful error message, IDEA. Thanks a bunch...

This is brainfuck. Has anyone ever done something useful with it ?

Do you know how to exit from VIM? 😂😂

Most useful SQL script

Guys! And Gals! I wrote my first useful algorithm. Feels good.

Please put something useful on commit!!!!!!!

Wow @ewpratten and I just witnessed, for the first time in history, the GCC compiler being useful!

Best review I received for my app so far. It's a 2FA app, so basically every site where you enable 2FA tells you exactly what to do (scan the QR code)...

So is this where windows become a little useful for developers ?

- Learn go
- Learn how to properly use git
- Release my first (useful) app

I find that writing a question for SO is more useful than actually asking it

maybe one day i'll make something useful...

0. Never ending puzzle game
1. Very useful skill to have
2. Keeps girls outside my perimiter

Low quality memes are useful too 😤

❤️ devRant......
it’s soo helpful....

Why does the Snapchat ad for a "blender cake" have to have a trailer involving blending rubber ducks? Do they not know how useful those are????

Finally found a client who thinks TTD and unit tests are useful ways to spend development budget.
Still expecting to wake up.

Useful suggestions from Jira.
I would like to know how the "undefined" button looks like though 😂

"Wtf windows is terrible you dont have a useful terminal"

Me: *installs cygwin*

Go home Google...

It's great to fan with to light up charcoal for BBQ.
Pretty damn useful.

I feel as useful as the chrome pop-up blocker

How does one become useful?

Just discovered that termux uses the volume down button as control... Mother fucker termux just became so much more useful!!!

should I learn ethical hacking as I make a backend for an app? how useful would it be?

When Hackathon Hackers uses "node.js" so much that I'm not sure if it's actually useful or just a joke anymore....

How to install tensorflow on windows?
.
.
.
Uninstall windows
.
.
.
Install ubuntu
.
.
.
pip install tensorflow

Fuck NodeJS and Python, C# and strong-typing is all I need in life. (But python is sometimes useful)

this very useful comment.

Going trough 4 years of college and getting a degree in Languages, Literatures and Cultures.
As useful to me as Justin Bieber is useful to mankind.

Looks like swearing is always useful..

Learn as many languages as you can as soon as you can, they said, it's the only way to get hired! Sure... I'll get awful at a lot instead of really good at one thing and actually be useful 😐

The more I dig into Calculus 1, the more I realize how important and useful it is.

Such useful data...

Flexible schedule, remote options, good pay, great team, building something useful to humans

Grammarly aka "keylogger with useful features"

!rant

I think that one of the most useful things programming has taught me is how to use Google.

What do you think what is the most useful programming language in this age?

When the WYSIWYG editor needs to go back to school for coding.

<span style="font-weight: bold;"><br></span>

How is that even useful!?

"Just because something looks good doesn’t mean its useful. And just because something is useful does not make it beautiful. " - Joshua Brewer

I want to install Linux on my computer but windows 10 updates have been going on for 25 days now. Will I ever be free?

I think a "git commit -hide" option could be useful. To hide the author of the commit when you push dirty code.

Vim, simple useful light.

Hearing about something I'm not familiar with and spending most of my nights reading and learning about it, you never know what useful tool you will find

what is a computers favourite beat... an Algo-rhythm😂

Is a linkedin account useful?

I would love to change the world but they won’t give me the source code

Okay... autocomplete can be useful, but seriously... this is a few steps too far!!

please for the love of all that is right in the world...name variables something useful. ll_j does not help me.

So, the moment I started as a BA in a health insurance company, my Quora feed gets populated with Dilbert comics, and I can finally relate to them.
Thanks Machine Learning!

1.
Never programmed something useful because i have no ideas...

2.
Never used comments in my projects

Thinking of turning my 6 year old intel atom processor netbook into sth useful other than just dumping it.
Any good suggestions to reuse?

Are you telling me Java is more useful than just making Minecraft work?

@dfox I was thinking about the high shipping cost of stress ball's to outside US,
Maybe something like the massdrop would be useful

Useful commit messages here!

Find GF,
Learn new shit,
do useful shit,
Finally play through Minecraft TPPI on my server,

There has literally only been one time I've used singly/doubly linked lists in my code. And when I did, it turned my program into a monstrosity.

10/10 would never do again!

📋A hand-curated collection of useful and informative Swift Scripting materials.

Not my quote, but one I've found to be incredibly useful:

Learn, teach, repeat. Always repeat

Started to use Sass. Pretty Handy and i like it!

!rant

~/bin is surprisingly useful

Surprised people actually found it useful.

These buttons would be really useful.

Thanks for the useful message, Microsoft

I do not think that GoTo is bad. It can lead to hellish code but if you don't misuse it - it can be extremely useful.

- Learn to dev
- Build something useful

OMFG! Another git gui? Better make one more calculator for this world. At least it could become useful somehow.

Anyone else tired of the good old "Python 3.x will never be useful blahblahblah everyone uses 2.7 yadayadayada" bullshit?

Never understood the hate for regular expressions, it's just one more useful tool in my eyes. Anyone want to weigh in?

Internet Explorer needs to just die and go to hell where it belongs. Doesn't even give me useful console errors-_-

Say you want to make a fun (and useful) programming project. How do you get ideas?

I struggle

Is Blind essentially DevRant for douche bags? Has anyone found anything useful on that app?

Just saw that the University of Hawaii has a Collaborative Software Development Lab, I think that's one of the more useful things in university

Gitlab:

Reconfigure failed?

Just try again, maybe it will work...

Time for a new programming language. LaTeX! It's definitely very different than what I'm used to, but very useful.

Make something useful

Let people help. Also read other people's code. Basically, other people are useful.

!rant
I personally love apps like devRant, Slack, github, etc
What are some other lesser known great apps for programmers and developers?

Gmail > create new rule > Subject contains "Privacy Policy" > move to [Privacy Policy BS]

Hooray! I was going fucking mental from the daily Privacy Policy e-mails. Computaas help us.

Just used git bisect...
Useful little command! Comes to the rescue if git blame doesn't!

I want to read a good Software Engineering book. A modern one, which contains new agile approaches, useful diagrams, etc. Not the classical, not so useful, class diagram.

What do you recommend? I'm currently more into web and mobile apps, and I want to be able to describe my backend and frontend with useful diagrams which describe better to users and other developers my desired design.

Thought I'd print a useful article on JS design patterns....
Looks like I'll be messing with the CSS for a while!