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Sometimes, it's backwards (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by 0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev
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[–] 0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works 22 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Yep, unrealistic expectations.

Or "you need a 12th gen i7 to run this thing"... the thing is a glorified Avidemux.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 25 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Christ, if you could see the abysmal efficiency of business tier SQL code being churned out in the Lowest Bidder mines overseas...

Using a few terrabytes of memory and a stack of processors as high as my knee so they can recreate Excel in a badly rendered .aspx page built in 2003.

[–] fibojoly@sh.itjust.works 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

We have a table with literally three columns. One is an id, another a filename and a third a path. Guess which one was picked as the primary key?

Never seen something so stupid in 28 years of computing. Including my studies.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

Well, you don't want to waste space by adding the same file path twice