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At work we have a test for these things: "If you would be uncomfortable explaining something to an auditor or judge, don't include it in the product." I think i
by Cerium 6y ago
At work we have a test for these things: "If you would be uncomfortable explaining something to an auditor or judge, don't include it in the product." I think it is a good test because there are many in-jokes and engineering terms that don't sound good to laypeople.
- mikepurvis 6y agoSee also: any time a "subversion repo" is discussed in the mainstream media (see for example the breathless coverage of how Levandowski used one to steal the chauffeur project files from Google).
- timthorn 6y agoA "git repo" isn't completely neutral either, at least in the UK.
- rictic 6y agoSomething I found myself saying recently: "When the parent process is about to die it's tries to kill its children, otherwise the orphans stick around holding onto their ports which is super annoying."
- scollet 6y agoQuestionable search you may have to explain to your family includes: "How to kill child of parent with fork"
- formerly_proven 6y agohow to kill zombie - kill their parents. repeat until no more parents are left.
- qubex 6y agoIf you had omitted the word ‘process’ you would have achieved the height of perfection.