As a programmer, I consider The User to be the enemy. No matter how thoroughly I seemingly test my code, the second the user gets their hands on it, it breaks left and right from all the crazy shit they do.

Exactly. I cut and paste all the time but I make sure I know what the code is doing first before I actually add the code.

Although I haven’t used it since college, I actually liked C++ especially once I understood pointers.

Chaotic neutral isn’t that bad when you’re doing programming since the extra vertical space is really convenient.

I’ve been lawful neutral ever since the pandemic forced work from home.

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There’s also a lot of “what idiot wrote this code” only to check git and find out it was you.

I’ve never actually heard of most of that. I’ve never heard of semantic HTML and I don’t know what a dialog element is.

I think a part of the problem is there are a lot of people doing web development that never actually learned it. I’m a backend developer who occasionally has to do web development and I never learned web dev. All my training was with databases and serverside code and all my coworkers are the same.

As a backend developer who occasionally has to work on the frontend, that top image is pretty accurate although it requires bootstrap smeared all over to pretty things up a bit. After that it will have the “Good Enough” seal of approval.

Where exactly am I supposed to go for programming questions if SO goes under? I don’t suppose there’s a Fediverse equivalent?

If it has a portable version then I might give it a try. I’m always a fan of portable software.

Of course they know what an OS is. There’s only two of them: Apple and Microsoft.

The command line is always going to turn people away from Linux. I’ve only had to use the command line to fix a windows issue once in the past 10 years while I regularly have to use it every time I have to work with Linux.

People like convenience and will almost always go with the more convenient option even if it’s not the best option.

Until the majority of issues can be solved using point and click (and help forums show that method over command line), Linux will always lag behind Mac and Windows.

With all the problems lemmy.world has been having, I’ve been using the opportunity to test out kbin as well.

Hopefully the Lemmy devs will be able to sort out all the problems.

There’s going to be lots of those on Reddit with so many people deleting their past posts/comments.

Pair programming is a weird thing. It’s either an awful, uncomfortable experience or one of the best things to happen. It’s a combination of the developers and the task that determines how that particular experience will turn out.

Pair programming should be required for both new employees and for employees who have given their two weeks notice. The first allows the experienced developer to help ease newer employees into the workflow. The latter helps bring an employee up to speed with regards to the leaving employees duties and tasks.