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  • J Johnny J

    Well, a professional developer would have been able to see through the mess and fix it... Just saying! ;)

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    realJSOP
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    A professional developer would scrap it all and start over. It is really that bad.

    ".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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    You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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    When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013

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    • C Chris Losinger

      hell is other people's programs

      image processing toolkits | batch image processing

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      Marcus_2
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      Chris Losinger wrote:

      hell is other people's programs

      Hell is your own code after 6 months if you haven't documented it... ;)

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      • realJSOPR realJSOP

        A professional developer would scrap it all and start over. It is really that bad.

        ".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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        You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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        When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013

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        Nagy Vilmos
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        So you've scrapped it all and started again?

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        • realJSOPR realJSOP

          I'm working in a mixed-threat environment with little-to-no documentation (leaning heavily closer to "no" than "little") of Excel spreadhseet files, Access databases, something caled Vista FileMan, xmod files, DAT files created and FTP'd to special locations on the network from SQL Server jobs, and the SQL server databases all appear to be populated with user-created one-time-use tables. It's a f*ckin' mess. All of the stuff was apparently created by a non-DBA or non-programmer. I'd like to repeat that there's little-no-documentation describing why something is done, the order in which it needs to be done, or where the f*cking resources are that were used to create what I am loathe to refer to as "data".

          ".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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          You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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          When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013

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          Lost User
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          John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:

          I'm working in a mixed-threat environment

          "If you don't get the coding done I'm going to shoot you then set you on fire"?

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          • N Nagy Vilmos

            So you've scrapped it all and started again?

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            Well, I can't delete anything - yet, but I can start implementing better alternatives and once it's all replaced...

            ".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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            You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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            When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013

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            • L Lost User

              John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:

              I'm working in a mixed-threat environment

              "If you don't get the coding done I'm going to shoot you then set you on fire"?

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              realJSOP
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              By "mixed threat", I was referring to the software they're using to do their work.

              ".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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              You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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              When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013

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              • M Marcus_2

                Chris Losinger wrote:

                hell is other people's programs

                Hell is your own code after 6 months if you haven't documented it... ;)

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                Abu Mami
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                Hell is my own code right after it's done - and it just goes downhill from there.

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                • realJSOPR realJSOP

                  I'm working in a mixed-threat environment with little-to-no documentation (leaning heavily closer to "no" than "little") of Excel spreadhseet files, Access databases, something caled Vista FileMan, xmod files, DAT files created and FTP'd to special locations on the network from SQL Server jobs, and the SQL server databases all appear to be populated with user-created one-time-use tables. It's a f*ckin' mess. All of the stuff was apparently created by a non-DBA or non-programmer. I'd like to repeat that there's little-no-documentation describing why something is done, the order in which it needs to be done, or where the f*cking resources are that were used to create what I am loathe to refer to as "data".

                  ".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
                  -----
                  You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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                  When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013

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                  Lost User
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                  Lol :)[^]

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                  • realJSOPR realJSOP

                    Well, I can't delete anything - yet, but I can start implementing better alternatives and once it's all replaced...

                    ".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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                    You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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                    When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013

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                    Lost User
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                    Not that I'm suggesting anything here :)[^]

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                    • realJSOPR realJSOP

                      I'm working in a mixed-threat environment with little-to-no documentation (leaning heavily closer to "no" than "little") of Excel spreadhseet files, Access databases, something caled Vista FileMan, xmod files, DAT files created and FTP'd to special locations on the network from SQL Server jobs, and the SQL server databases all appear to be populated with user-created one-time-use tables. It's a f*ckin' mess. All of the stuff was apparently created by a non-DBA or non-programmer. I'd like to repeat that there's little-no-documentation describing why something is done, the order in which it needs to be done, or where the f*cking resources are that were used to create what I am loathe to refer to as "data".

                      ".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
                      -----
                      You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
                      -----
                      When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013

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                      Mycroft Holmes
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                      And to really make it interesting you cannot find a business owner for the entire process. Oh wait that is the system we are working on! Oh for a greenfield project again!

                      Never underestimate the power of human stupidity RAH

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