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Learn to code (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 day ago by alphacyberranger@sh.itjust.works to c/programmerhumor@lemmy.ml

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[–] A_Porcupine@lemmy.world 16 points 11 hours ago (3 children)

As a software engineer, annoying bugs that should be so simple to fix are so frustrating! I wish I could just have a crack and fixing it myself!

[–] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

That's what I love so much about open source. Currently have a fork of kiTTY going, working on tracking down a little bug I found in my daily use.

[–] A_Porcupine@lemmy.world 2 points 52 minutes ago

100%, sounds interesting! I'm going to spend some time tomorrow looking at a bug in the jellyfin android TV app related to DTS audio over HDMI.

[–] EntirelyUnlovable@lemmy.world 6 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Whenever I feel like this I think back to how many of those "simple" bugs I've had to fix in my own code and how many years it took off my life expectancy and feel a little connection with the poor developer who is probably currently losing their hair over this too

[–] A_Porcupine@lemmy.world 5 points 6 hours ago

Definitely true, I dread to think about how much tech debt these companies have. 😬

[–] TonyTonyChopper@mander.xyz 5 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

If you only use Free Open Source software, you can!

[–] A_Porcupine@lemmy.world 5 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

Unfortunately my bank, government, national health, surgery, local shops, food delivery services, etc. don't open source their code. It'd be nice if they did however.

[–] MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 1 points 29 minutes ago

They wouldn't want you to know it all depends on a Frankensteined chunk of spaghetti'd COBOL that hasn't been updated since a guy they forgot about set it up before he retired in like 1996. And they're just betting that, if they don't look at it too hard, it won't oopsie a cascade of critical failures.

[–] MITM0@lemmy.world 3 points 7 hours ago

There are FOSS core-banking systems

[–] SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 8 hours ago

True open source software runs on frustrated developers

But yeah, that is a really nice part of FOSS. I have myself been in situations where I just went and fixed a big myself because it annoyed me lol