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[–] [email protected] 66 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The bigger problem is, when the code works, but you think it shouldn't

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah this is the scariest point in all of my projects.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

The true horror begins, when the customer calls for support, because some things are awkward, and you know instantly the cause, also that you will have to fix this now, 5 years later.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I love that realization when I throw some hacky shit together and it somehow works first try.

When I try to be organized and meticulous nothing works and I eventually give up.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

That sounds like a great way to set yourself up for spectacular failures down the road

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Theory is when you know everything but nothing works

I know it's "just a joke" but this makes no sense.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

We know very exactly how the baby monster group in mathematics operates. It has no practical use as far as I'm aware (it doesn't work).

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

The difference between theory and praxis is that in theory, there is no difference, but in praxis, there is

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is a good one, although theory is a much better problem to have than practice

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yeah, but practice makes ~~perfig~~ perfect.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

The difference between theory and practice is greater in practice than in theory.