I agree, I think the author is being dramatic. Also, as a programmer, I fuck up. I genuinely feel bad about it, and using cheesy smiley faces/etc is a kind of

I agree, I think the author is being dramatic. Also, as a programmer, I fuck up. I genuinely feel bad about it, and using cheesy smiley faces/etc is a kind of punishment for me. It might seem cute, but I hate them, so I'm going to try to not show them to my users as much as possible.