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[–] [email protected] 67 points 5 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 26 points 5 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months 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 5 months 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 5 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 17 points 5 months 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 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months 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 5 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago (1 children)

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

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

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

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