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Imagine if everyone on earth was as productive as those 35 people.

by jonplackett 6y ago

Cyph0n 6y ago
I’m imagining the insane work hours.
- varjag 6y ago
  There is probably quite some overtime involved. That said, you don't get reliable flight software simply by putting long work hours.
BiteCode_dev 6y ago
It reminds me of this olognion piece: https://www.theolognion.com/unreal-engine-5-is-meant-to-ridicule-web-developers/#click=https://t.co/sVuOZVdpWA https://www.theolognion.com/unreal-engine-5-is-meant-to-ridi... That's not just hilarious, that's also pretty close to how I feel most of the time. I mean, some people have built the Airbus A380. On the other hand, last week, I created a test DB with the user "test" and the password "test". I couldn't connect to it, and after a long debugging session, noticed I misspelled "test". So, yeah...
- ralston3 6y ago
  This is amazing XD
- jonplackett 6y ago
  Well, that Mars rover missed its target because they got their units of measurement mixed up. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-oct-01-mn-17288-story.html https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-oct-01-mn-17288... So, don’t feel too bad...
  - BiteCode_dev 6y ago
    It does feel better knowing my mistake didn't cost $125-million dollars. Is there a book that lists many bugs and weird IT stories? Like the 500km email or the FileNotFound boolean.
    - arexxbifs 6y ago
      A selection of dangerous and/or expensive bugs from space flight alone: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_software_bugs#Space https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_software_bugs#Space I'm sure there's plenty more, albeit of lesser significance.
      - BiteCode_dev 6y ago
        Thanks
- jagannathtech 6y ago
  I put comma ',' instead of the dot '.' in a file name with extension and wasted a couple of hours debugging.
- arexxbifs 6y ago
  I appreciate it's a joke, kicking at open doors at that. Still, here's what one dude coded in JavaScript on his spare time a few years ago: https://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=71881 https://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=71881
karatestomp 6y ago
You can get a lot done when you're not re-inventing HTML dropdown form elements or replacing the Android date picker because some "stakeholder" just really, really needs them to look on-brand. And other low-value bullshit tasks done solely on the guesswork-hunch-feelings of someone whose job is to create new Jira tasks. See also: 90s development teams who made all kinds of things you'd expect a team 5x as large and a timeline twice as long for, today.

Imagine if everyone on earth was as productive as those 35 people.

Cyph0n 6y ago

I’m imagining the insane work hours.

varjag 6y ago
There is probably quite some overtime involved. That said, you don't get reliable flight software simply by putting long work hours.

BiteCode_dev 6y ago

It reminds me of this olognion piece: https://www.theolognion.com/unreal-engine-5-is-meant-to-ridicule-web-developers/#click=https://t.co/sVuOZVdpWA https://www.theolognion.com/unreal-engine-5-is-meant-to-ridi... That's not just hilarious, that's also pretty close to how I feel most of the time. I mean, some people have built the Airbus A380. On the other hand, last week, I created a test DB with the user "test" and the password "test". I couldn't connect to it, and after a long debugging session, noticed I misspelled "test". So, yeah...

ralston3 6y ago
This is amazing XD
jonplackett 6y ago
Well, that Mars rover missed its target because they got their units of measurement mixed up. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-oct-01-mn-17288-story.html https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-oct-01-mn-17288... So, don’t feel too bad...
- BiteCode_dev 6y ago
  It does feel better knowing my mistake didn't cost $125-million dollars. Is there a book that lists many bugs and weird IT stories? Like the 500km email or the FileNotFound boolean.
  - arexxbifs 6y ago
    A selection of dangerous and/or expensive bugs from space flight alone: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_software_bugs#Space https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_software_bugs#Space I'm sure there's plenty more, albeit of lesser significance.
    - BiteCode_dev 6y ago
      Thanks
jagannathtech 6y ago
I put comma ',' instead of the dot '.' in a file name with extension and wasted a couple of hours debugging.
arexxbifs 6y ago
I appreciate it's a joke, kicking at open doors at that. Still, here's what one dude coded in JavaScript on his spare time a few years ago: https://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=71881 https://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=71881

karatestomp 6y ago

You can get a lot done when you're not re-inventing HTML dropdown form elements or replacing the Android date picker because some "stakeholder" just really, really needs them to look on-brand. And other low-value bullshit tasks done solely on the guesswork-hunch-feelings of someone whose job is to create new Jira tasks. See also: 90s development teams who made all kinds of things you'd expect a team 5x as large and a timeline twice as long for, today.