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[–] [email protected] 35 points 5 months ago (1 children)

And then QA sends it back with a bunch of regressions, then you go, "Why would somebody do it like that‽" and finally remember that the end user is dumb.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Just because it's an edge case doesn't mean 30% of your userbase won't encounter it!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

It's the 80-20 pattern, again; 80% of the user base is going to do the 20% you thought they wouldn't

[–] [email protected] 17 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Haha. I have to give a presentation soon on unit testing, for our juniors. I'm tempted to include this in the deck, but then again...

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

Don't overthink it

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

Fuck. This picture is calling me out.