Code Project Rules of Software Development
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Never fix one bug when refactoring the entire module could bag you 50 more bugs. Corollary: Always try and get your manager to bonus you on the number of bugs you fix.
cheers Chris Maunder
Chris Maunder wrote:
Always try and get your manager to bonus you on the number of bugs you fix.
You are such a good employer. CP devs, ask for bonus. We promise we will flood the sugs and bugs forum.
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:rolleyes: I thought this thread was supposed to be humorous. Apparently not... :rolleyes:
Hey, I thought that was a joke 8) MS may have implemented a few versions of C++, but had nothing to do with the original definition of the language (other than to implement slightly non-compliant versions) and still only have an input to the language design (rather than controlling it). Just shows how blinkered an idea one gets of the dev ecosystem if one has never stepped outside the MS universe I suppose. (I started using C++ from its very earliest days, developed for Windows and Linux with it for over 20 years, and never once did I do that with a Microsoft product.) HA HA HA HA
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Do you mean [Klingon Programmer — Software Development](http://www.smart-jokes.org/klingon-software.html)? :)
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows. -- 6079 Smith W.
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Do you mean [Klingon Programmer — Software Development](http://www.smart-jokes.org/klingon-software.html)? :)
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows. -- 6079 Smith W.
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Similar to the [Ferengi Rules of Acquisition](http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/Rules\_of\_Acquisition), how about we create CP rules of Software Development? I'll start:
If you announce to the universe that you have nothing to do, the universe will find an annoying bug for you to fix.
If this goes anywhere, I'll collate the list and post it, um, as a tip, I guess?
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If you announce to the universe that you are currently swamped with working on the next release, the universe (or a client) will find an annoying bug in the current release for you to fix that has been escalated to upper management and must be fixed NOW! Yeah, this one happened to me yesterday.
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Mine are Nos. 13, 11, and 3. In that order! :)
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows. -- 6079 Smith W.
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Well ... It started as "C with classes" in 79, and Turbo C++ was out in 1990. But then came Visual C++ in 93, and pretty much since then if you reached for a C++ project, you reached for a MS product (Embedded excepted, I had some success with Embedded C++ on ARM processors at the beginning of the century) OK, Turbo C is still out there, but the last release was 12 years ago - name me a mainstream C++ IDE that doesn't come with the MS logo?
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Similar to the [Ferengi Rules of Acquisition](http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/Rules\_of\_Acquisition), how about we create CP rules of Software Development? I'll start:
If you announce to the universe that you have nothing to do, the universe will find an annoying bug for you to fix.
If this goes anywhere, I'll collate the list and post it, um, as a tip, I guess?
Latest Article - Building a Prototype Web-Based Diagramming Tool with SVG and Javascript Learning to code with python is like learning to swim with those little arm floaties. It gives you undeserved confidence and will eventually drown you. - DangerBunny Artificial intelligence is the only remedy for natural stupidity. - CDP1802
Once you have added your client's most recent "feature" requested, he (or she) will invariably say, "Well if you can do that..". The more clueless your client is about programming the more he thinks he (or she) knows, and tries to help you out.
The older I get the less sure I am about anything...
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Similar to the [Ferengi Rules of Acquisition](http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/Rules\_of\_Acquisition), how about we create CP rules of Software Development? I'll start:
If you announce to the universe that you have nothing to do, the universe will find an annoying bug for you to fix.
If this goes anywhere, I'll collate the list and post it, um, as a tip, I guess?
Latest Article - Building a Prototype Web-Based Diagramming Tool with SVG and Javascript Learning to code with python is like learning to swim with those little arm floaties. It gives you undeserved confidence and will eventually drown you. - DangerBunny Artificial intelligence is the only remedy for natural stupidity. - CDP1802
Instead of using emails to "sign off" for a nation-wide project, use the "brown folders" and internal mail. Never say you can change the font size; always say the report will need to be "totally redesigned" for a new field / column.
"(I) am amazed to see myself here rather than there ... now rather than then". ― Blaise Pascal
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Similar to the [Ferengi Rules of Acquisition](http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/Rules\_of\_Acquisition), how about we create CP rules of Software Development? I'll start:
If you announce to the universe that you have nothing to do, the universe will find an annoying bug for you to fix.
If this goes anywhere, I'll collate the list and post it, um, as a tip, I guess?
Latest Article - Building a Prototype Web-Based Diagramming Tool with SVG and Javascript Learning to code with python is like learning to swim with those little arm floaties. It gives you undeserved confidence and will eventually drown you. - DangerBunny Artificial intelligence is the only remedy for natural stupidity. - CDP1802
- Never trust a Project Manager that says, "Just use Common Sense."
“Do what I do. Hold tight and pretend it’s a plan! —The Doctor, Season 7, Christmas Special”
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If you announce to the universe that you are currently swamped with working on the next release, the universe (or a client) will find an annoying bug in the current release for you to fix that has been escalated to upper management and must be fixed NOW! Yeah, this one happened to me yesterday.
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- Never trust a Project Manager that says, "Just use Common Sense."
“Do what I do. Hold tight and pretend it’s a plan! —The Doctor, Season 7, Christmas Special”
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I don't know why you're required to secrete out of your top....
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