I’m sure you’ve been flooded, but if you’re still looking. The company I work for has been the best company since I’ve been a SE. I spent almost 2 years on internal tooling (which I volunteered for between projects, and which I very much got to do what I wanted to do).

doesn’t windows 7 have tags? I think you can tag any file and search for it that way. It supports multiple tags iirc.

Maybe not this specific example, but you could use it in testing (similar to monkey patching functions for unit tests in other languages). I’d never recommend using monkey patching in production code. It is helpful in unit testing though to patch functions outside the unit or to patch database access functions during unit testing. This is, of course, provided you unpatch the function at the end of the test. Not too sure if PHP has a defer mechanism for unpatching when the function is no longer in scope, but that is one way to test a single unit and have predictable interactions with external code (an external call to the unit fails, returns weird data, returns expected data, etc).

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I’ve had similar issues with devs I lead. I keep pressing on and ignore their actions. I feel that the subject on which I am speaking is more important than whatever they are looking up. I intentionally keep going so they learn to listen than look up things on the internet. If they have questions during the meeting I’ll answer them. If they have questions after the meeting I’ll ask what the remember from the meeting. I generally catch them off guard and their behavior quickly stops. It’s similar to a lecture style of conversation where students not paying attention get left behind. It’s worked well so far! When phone use gets too bad I ask them to put their phones away or step out of the meeting if they need to use them. I haven’t had to call many people out for this, it generally takes only one. As for the annoyance of someone repeatedly telling me I said something earlier, I haven’t experienced that. But, might I suggest that you pull them aside and discuss it with them in private? I _have_ had to do that before and the behavior and its annoyance is generally unnoticed by them. Good luck!