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In the last 5 years I have probably written 100k+ lines of production code. My most celebrated feature was about 100 lines to store a single flag in a per user
by dexwiz 5y ago
In the last 5 years I have probably written 100k+ lines of production code. My most celebrated feature was about 100 lines to store a single flag in a per user store.
- newsyyswen 5y agoWay to describe the engineer/business disconnect. You are proud of the complex problems which you have solved over the years. The business is proud of the little widget that made everyone's jobs a bit easier. I've seen people take this lesson to heart and go full Wally.
- gjvc 5y ago>I've seen people take this lesson to heart and go full Wally. Who is Wally?
- benhurmarcel 5y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wally_(Dilbert) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wally_(Dilbert)
- dexwiz 5y agoIt was a little widget, just needed a bit of state persisted across sessions. The pain point was at page load, so about as far as most business pays attention. Also I do feel like it caused me to go full Wally without realizing it.