[01]

signs you've become the senior dev:

you're the only one who understands the deploy script
you're the only one who remembers why it's cursed
you wrote the deploy script
you're now too afraid to touch the deploy script
you added a comment instead, saying 'do not touch'

[02]

2015:
-senior dev means you've shipped five systems

2025:
-senior dev means you're the only one left who remembers why none of them can be shipped again

[03]

Manager: we need someone senior.
Me: what's the salary.
Manager: junior, obviously.
Me: so someone senior who'll work for junior money.
Manager: we prefer to call it a growth opportunity.

[04]

just found out about the second-system effect.
anyway, rewriting it properly this time.

[05]

just read about scope creep.
while i'm in here i'm also going to add dark mode.

[06]

You can track my rage at a bug through the git history.
processData
processDataProperly
processDataForRealThisTime
fixProcessDataOhGodWhy

DEVDLE #436 · JAVASCRIPT

What will be the output of the following code snippet?

const obj = { a: 1, b: 2, c: 3 }; const { a, b, c } = obj; console.log(a + b + c);

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31 OCTOBER 2013

Fixing a week long bug:

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1 NOVEMBER 2013

If I had a dollar for every software bug that I've put into production...

I'd be broke.

29 OCTOBER 2018

My Git history is more linear than the Avery's timeline of events.

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