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AboutWeb dev, historian, jobless, wannabe game dev
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"Error: Program type already present"
So f--ing what? Ignore the doublon and MOVE ON WITH THE COMPILE, JAVA! -
When you wait for your project's third-party dependencies to upgrade to the newest version, in order to upgrade to the newest version too;
but the upgrades never comes so you start considering if it's worth a whole refactor or just more waiting time. -
DatePickers should be a W3C standard handled by the browser. We shouldn't rely on JavaScript plugins to do this basic input stuff8
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What are the pros and cons of creating a builder (and a dozen related files and classes) vs using a partial shared view?
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The new project is still in the analysis phase and I can already smell failure, just based on the interaction between analysts.
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We're in the last stretch before going Live next week.
A training session was held with some of the future users.
"Why does that dossierID field is mandatory with a lot of validation rules? We don't use that info, we just remember the names."
"Why do we have this feature to manage x info that is linked with one of our services? We only needed a text field for custom values"1 -
When the infinite layers of upper management and committees don't trust the ones in the battlefield, are too paranoid and disconnected from reality. They are the ones blocking and preventing the release.
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The coffee/food room on my floor is absurd.
On day, the Keurig machines, microwave oven and convection oven all disappeared. Turns out they were owned by some employees and when they moved to an other floor they took their stuff with them.
In the caffeine-deprived panic that ensued, a bunch of other employees pooled together some money and went across the street to purchase new applicances.
They now charge us 5¢ for each packet of sugar or milk/cream cup. And they announced it with a passive-aggressive poster with an angry dog on it.2 -
When someone does a not-very-thorough mass rename but doesn't check if it causes problems in already tested sections.1
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What's the point of a 'Check for new version' menu if it doesn't tell you that a new version is out, and that you have to manually fetch it and install it?3
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!rant
When a very last minute change is required and you panic a bit, thinking it will take days to fix... but you manage to fix it before lunchtime because the API is well made.1 -
What's the point of having a 'Check for updates' if it doesn't tell you there is a security update? And why do I always have to download and install updates manually?
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When you changed our SDK folders from your tiny C:\ to your big D:\ but the IDE still downloads huge updates on C:\ first, and you get "not enough disk space" errors1
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When you are wasting your time trying to make sense of 15000 different approaches for the same task...
and all those github repos are 3 years old with missing steps in the examples...
and official doc is such a mess that only a Time Lord could have the time to filter it...1 -
What is this "recruiters called me after yhey found my LinkedIn" thing? Are you telling me there is a world where I don't have to go from door to door to find a job?9
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When you are in the last strech of development for a new Android app, and you learn that Firebase replaces GCM2
