“Full Stack Dev” AKA Backend Dev who knows just enough about CSS to be dangerous.

Real talk: I wish more orgs place a high value on QA. A good QA team is worth it’s weight in gold and helps prevent a lot of stupid mistakes.

If they ever file for Chapter 7, I will be deeply disappointed if the headline doesn’t read, “Hooters Goes Tits Up”.

No good deed goes unpunished.

One time I worked on a team that had a ridiculously high defect rate. Stuff was constantly getting kicked back from QA. Management kept piling on all kinds of convoluted processes to try to reduce the number of defects which only made things worse.

I started really hammering the need for doing a root cause analysis as part of bug/defect tickets. Don’t just fix the bug. Make sure you understand what caused it and link the bug ticket to the ticket that caused it.

Big surprise (not really), 90% of the bugs and defects were being caused by like 3 people.

Your comment made me think of some of the PM’s whining about adding one story point for doing an RCA because apparently it’s better to just ignore the problem and keep pumping out shitty broken code as fast as possible.

Well there’s a thought I did not need in my brain today.

Pretty short sighted, which is also on brand, for the Kremlin. I’m sure that by now they’ve discovered that whatever incriminating info they had on Trump is essentially worthless, since none of his supporters care about any of the horrible things he’s done. And, he’s found himself in the position of being able to steal, cheat, and grift right out in the open with zero consequences, thereby lessening his dependence on laundering money for the Russians.

They wanted an agent of chaos and they got one. Unfortunately for them, this particular agent is very difficult if not impossible to control.

If only the US hadn’t backed out of the original nuclear “deal” we had with Iran. Who’s administration was responsible for that again? I can’t seem to remember. Hmmm…

Alternatively, and much preferred, just kick the whole Trump administration into the ocean, hold your own Nuremberg trials and start refreshed into the future. K thx bye.

I like the way you think.

US has a sizeable advantage in terms of sheer firepower but lacks the collective will to side with Russia in a conflict with NATO. To be clear, the Trump administration might try to side with Russia and the initial consequences of that would be very serious. But, long term, I think that would bring a swift end to the US’ global dominance. Potentially even bringing us to the point of total collapse.

That’s just one American’s perspective though.

“Rabbi, is there a blessing for the Tsar?”

“A blessing for the Tsar? Of course! May God bless and keep the Tsar… Far away from us.”

Yes. Because they’ll store everything in MongoDB.

Kirby model 513 from 1953. Still works great after 72 years.

Me: “The Vacuum is not going to hurt you. Calm down.”

The vacuum:

PO: “Why does it seem like it takes a really long time to develop new features?”

Dev: “I’m glad you asked! We’ve got this piece of code (points at smoldering pile of spaghetti) that literally has to be changed every time we do anything. The person who wrote it has been gone for like four years. No one knows how it works and it’s central to the entire application. I would estimate that this easily doubles the time it takes to work each ticket. I’ve created a set of stories to rewrite this code. We just need your approval to bring it into an upcoming sprint.”

PO: “Can’t… Hear… Breaking… Up… Bad connection…”

Dev: “Uhhh… This isn’t a Teams meeting. You’re sitting in the room with us right now.”

PO: …

Dev: “We know you’re still here even if you’re not moving.”

PO: …

Jokes on him. A lot of corporations will gladly tell Orange Julius whatever he wants to hear, true or not, as long as there’s a financial incentive to do so.

If Russia wanted peace, they would pack up and go home.

0/10. Do not recommend.

One time I came home from work and found a deer in my front yard that had been hit by a car. It was still standing but it looked awful. I seriously thought about putting it out of its misery but before I could do anything, it limped off into the woods right behind my house where it collapsed and died.

About three days later, I opened my front door and got hit in the face by the most horrible smell I have ever smelt. Imagine the smell from when you leave a meat package in the trash for a day or two. Dial that up to about 1000. Set it in the hot sun for three days and you’ll probably be pretty close. It’s so strong it stimulates your gag reflex. I have a pretty strong stomach but I thought I was going to be sick. I couldn’t go outside for a week after that because that’s how long it took the scavengers to clean up the carcass.

Tesla’s aren’t selling?

1. Set them on fire.
2. Claim that it’s arson.
3. File insurance claim.
4. Profit.