If you could only see the pain we go through to bring you CodeProject...
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I hope my email didn't push you over the edge! If it helps, the 'doing things the right way' never seems to be easy, and my next article update will reflect some of the difficulties on a project much different than yours. David
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David O'Neil wrote:
'doing things the right way' never seems to be easy
“It’s always easier to do it the hard way.” -- Blackhart
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...you'd probably laugh mockingly and tell us we're doing it the wrong way. Ever have those days where you feel like you're trying to dig a drainage ditch with a toy shovel and what you really want is one of those whopping big diggers, to hell with the neighbour's yard. I also wonder, on evenings like this, what percentage stop and spend a couple of hours to research and implement the best way of doing something, and what just go ahead and do it in half the time with double the pain?
cheers Chris Maunder
So start building it for people like me, that just want it to stay the same. :~
Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello Any organization is like a tree full of monkeys. The monkeys on top look down and see a tree full of smiling faces. The monkeys on the bottom look up and see nothing but assholes.
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...you'd probably laugh mockingly and tell us we're doing it the wrong way. Ever have those days where you feel like you're trying to dig a drainage ditch with a toy shovel and what you really want is one of those whopping big diggers, to hell with the neighbour's yard. I also wonder, on evenings like this, what percentage stop and spend a couple of hours to research and implement the best way of doing something, and what just go ahead and do it in half the time with double the pain?
cheers Chris Maunder
I hope it will ease your pain - I love CP (so maybe the hard-work wasn't futile...)!
I'm not questioning your powers of observation; I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is. (V)
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...you'd probably laugh mockingly and tell us we're doing it the wrong way. Ever have those days where you feel like you're trying to dig a drainage ditch with a toy shovel and what you really want is one of those whopping big diggers, to hell with the neighbour's yard. I also wonder, on evenings like this, what percentage stop and spend a couple of hours to research and implement the best way of doing something, and what just go ahead and do it in half the time with double the pain?
cheers Chris Maunder
Madam Tina turned me on to this method of software development, Chris:
"Why' know, every now and then
I think you might like to hear something from us
Nice and easy
But there's just one thing
You see we never ever do nothing
Nice and easy
We always do it nice and rough"[^]
« There is only one difference between a madman and me. The madman thinks he is sane. I know I am mad. » Salvador Dali
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...you'd probably laugh mockingly and tell us we're doing it the wrong way. Ever have those days where you feel like you're trying to dig a drainage ditch with a toy shovel and what you really want is one of those whopping big diggers, to hell with the neighbour's yard. I also wonder, on evenings like this, what percentage stop and spend a couple of hours to research and implement the best way of doing something, and what just go ahead and do it in half the time with double the pain?
cheers Chris Maunder
Chris Maunder wrote:
I also wonder, on evenings like this, what percentage stop and spend a couple of hours to research and implement the best way of doing something, and what just go ahead and do it in half the time with double the pain?
I would guess that the number is < 1%. Possibly far less. How about those whose way of doing things is to always do things the "best" way? Ok, I'll guess .00001%. I might be too generous though.
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...you'd probably laugh mockingly and tell us we're doing it the wrong way. Ever have those days where you feel like you're trying to dig a drainage ditch with a toy shovel and what you really want is one of those whopping big diggers, to hell with the neighbour's yard. I also wonder, on evenings like this, what percentage stop and spend a couple of hours to research and implement the best way of doing something, and what just go ahead and do it in half the time with double the pain?
cheers Chris Maunder
Hahaha, you're doing it the wrong way! :D
It's an OO world.
public class SanderRossel : Lazy<Person>
{
public void DoWork()
{
throw new NotSupportedException();
}
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...you'd probably laugh mockingly and tell us we're doing it the wrong way. Ever have those days where you feel like you're trying to dig a drainage ditch with a toy shovel and what you really want is one of those whopping big diggers, to hell with the neighbour's yard. I also wonder, on evenings like this, what percentage stop and spend a couple of hours to research and implement the best way of doing something, and what just go ahead and do it in half the time with double the pain?
cheers Chris Maunder
Chris Maunder wrote:
I also wonder, on evenings like this, what percentage stop and spend a couple of hours to research and implement the best way of doing something, and what just go ahead and do it in half the time with double the pain?
Been there done that, unfortunately even when you have done all the analysis and implemented the solution in the best manner there is always that one thing that was not communicated to you or the exception you were not told about that breaks your solution.
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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Chris Maunder wrote:
you'd probably laugh mockingly sympathetically and tell us we're doing it the wrong way.
FTFY - we're not bad folk, really. Well, with some exceptions (you know who you are!)
Chris Maunder wrote:
what percentage stop and spend a couple of hours to research and implement the best way of doing something, and what just go ahead and do it in half the time with double the pain?
If a job is worth doing, it is worth doing well. as I've been told on too many occasions to count. So stop whinging and put in the hard yards !
PooperPig - Coming Soon
Chris has been mixing with too many Poms and has caught whingiitis.
Life is like a s**t sandwich; the more bread you have, the less s**t you eat.
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...you'd probably laugh mockingly and tell us we're doing it the wrong way. Ever have those days where you feel like you're trying to dig a drainage ditch with a toy shovel and what you really want is one of those whopping big diggers, to hell with the neighbour's yard. I also wonder, on evenings like this, what percentage stop and spend a couple of hours to research and implement the best way of doing something, and what just go ahead and do it in half the time with double the pain?
cheers Chris Maunder
Chris Maunder wrote:
...you'd probably laugh mockingly and tell us we're doing it the wrong way.
Go check the wierd and wonderful forum and see if you're mentioned there ;) Otherwise, as long as you remember this pain, then it's a character building exercise. Now, think about all of the characters we have here at CP... does that help you feel better?!
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What happened this time? Something gone out of kilter?
What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question? --- The metaphorical solid rear-end expulsions have impacted the metaphorical motorized bladed rotating air movement mechanism.
Nah - everything's fine (*cough* except for a small bug that's since been fixed *cough*) it's just that I have this deep seated guilt every time I do something big and complicated that I'm faking it and doing it all wrong. Are there really meant to be that many smoking holes in the floor? And was that pile of rubble there when we started? And what was all the screaming and yelling and running around about? Is that normal? *shrugs* /goes back to causing chaos...
cheers Chris Maunder
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...you'd probably laugh mockingly and tell us we're doing it the wrong way. Ever have those days where you feel like you're trying to dig a drainage ditch with a toy shovel and what you really want is one of those whopping big diggers, to hell with the neighbour's yard. I also wonder, on evenings like this, what percentage stop and spend a couple of hours to research and implement the best way of doing something, and what just go ahead and do it in half the time with double the pain?
cheers Chris Maunder
Chris Maunder wrote:
what percentage stop and spend a couple of hours to research and implement the best way of doing something
And what percentage of them realize that the research they did is probably meaningless in terms of real production systems?
Chris Maunder wrote:
Ever have those days where you feel like you're trying to dig a drainage ditch with a toy shovel
Most of the time I feel like I am digging a play pit in a sand box and I have lots of time to do it. Then every once in a while I get to implement the entire water, sewage, electrical and cable system for an entire city and it absolutely must be done in 3 days or less.
