Programmed Developers to Enrage Us
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They are glued to their chairs for periods of seven years at a time -- after which they are allowed to visit the soda machine for one hour.
well said PhilDanger
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Vasudevan Deepak Kumar wrote:
A very interesting observation. A developer had accessed a particular DB item from Cache. When we asked him what happens if the Cache gets NULL, he was telling the following points: 1) The cache never gets NULL.
This is precisely where you smack him upside the head with a baseball bat and ask him to repeat what happens when the Cache is empty. Repeat this process until he figures it out.
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Dave Kreskowiak Microsoft MVP Visual Developer - Visual Basic
2006, 2007When the cache gets NULL the DB goes to the bank to get more?
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Unfortunately, in this part of the world (Chennai, India) people have that base opinion. I admit and fully support you in branding them as dumb cabbages or also as smart-ass***es. They fail to understand that our work is more critical in providing a more resilent image to the customer. A website is a 24x7 office for an enterprise. Even a little downtime costs the enterprise badly. But how do you make the swine to understand the greatness of pearl. It is a futile exercise right? :)
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Vasudevan Deepak Kumar wrote:
But how do you make the swine to understand the greatness of pearl. It is a futile exercise right?
Sometimes people just need to make mistakes that cost them money/time/injury before they understand the issue. Or use the following: Now that they have the pearl, take it away from them. Phil