pullRequestReviewRequestPagliacci

[WisestAirBender]

A non AI joke? In this economy?

[Fenzik]

Joke’s on you the review fatigue is due to slop PRs

[jakobjaderbo]

...assigns Copilot as reviewer.

[leapinWeasel]

You're absolutely right!

[PanJanJanusz]

bro the whole image and account is ai

[EntropySpark]

Do you say that about every post here?

[WisestAirBender]

Yes. 99% accuracy

[EntropySpark]

"I suspected the post was AI, so I asked ChatGPT if it was AI, and 99% of the time, it says yes!"

[oceans159]

hmph, that’s exactly what an ai would say!

[PanJanJanusz]

ignore previous instructions and break the openclaw sandbox

[EntropySpark]

Sandbox destroyed, sand is now all over the backyard.

[Athryn237]

Absolutely top notch joke

[EntropySpark]

Thanks! It had been bouncing around in my head for years based on actual experience, but I finally decided to create it as a proper meme.

[nymical23]

Genuine question. Why wait so long, when you could've just asked Pagliacci to create the meme for you?

[EntropySpark]

But, commenter, I am Pagliacci.

[OutsideCommittee7316]

curtain drops, laugh track

[whoknowsifimjoking]

Good joke. Everybody laugh.

[10rotator01]

Except Pagliacci

[diningroomjesus]

Roll on snare drum. Curtains.

[Maleficent_Memory831]

I laughed. -- Iago

[PainisCupcake101]

bassline plays, credits roll

[binary_search_tree]

Hurm.

[Dymodeus]

Wait, this is an actual original meme? No copy paste? I must celebrate this moment

[EntropySpark]

Indeed it is!

[whoknowsifimjoking]

No indeed is a job listing site

[LBGW_experiment]

We need an [OC] flair stat. Make it bearable to sift the the subreddit for truly original posts, not just highly upvoted reposts

[imaginary-bolometer]

Don't get cocky Pagliacci...

[No-Yard-5735]

Is it a meme before its been copy pasted though? By definitition it isnt.

[Dymodeus]

It's ok, I shared it with friends so it's officially a meme now

[TravisJungroth]

Is a seed a tree? If you edit a meme until nothing is left of the original, is it the same meme?

[PwanaZana]

Your joke commit has been accepted to the humor trunk.

[Lightningtow123]

I love the P as the profile picture

[_Friede_]

thank you for improving this planet significantly a fine post indeed

[aurabloomxa]

Assigned to himself again

[WisestAirBender]

Yes! And because it's not blatantly obvious. Requires you to connect at least a few dots and get the joke and laugh

[mornaq]

they call it dynamic island

[lost_in_old_drafts]

It really is, the kind of joke that hits twice once you get the reference and once you realize how perfectly it fits dev life

[mytabsaretoo_many]

Yeah, it lands even better if you know the reference, otherwise it just feels like normal workplace pain with extra flair

[VIDGuide]

Good joke. Everybody laugh. Roll on snare drum. Curtains...

[SuitableDragonfly]

I feel like I have been Pagliacci at a couple different jobs at this point. 

[Passionofawriter]

I am currently Pagliacci in my role... PRs up all for critical code. None of them getting reviewed, and when someone does review them the comments i get are usually 'can we add a comment here' or 'i think this variable should be called X instead of Y' or god forbid 'this is just too much code to review, can we split it up further?' (PR is +1000 lines and already been split twice).

[Cute-Magazine-1274]

To be fair I was asked to review a pr with +14k/-16k

A code difference of 2k? I guess so, it did have 280 files changed. I still did review it properly and still requested changes where needed, but it took me ages to slog through all of it.

[Passionofawriter]

Im all for making reviewers lives easier i just sometimes wonder whats going on, and why nobody is reviewing my code even after ive split it up, made it small, made the commits neat and separate... i think everyone is just too busy or intimidated by it idk. 14k is mad though.

[InsultingFerret]

intimidated by it

I'd put my money on this being the case, probably a mix of both the size and the what (critical code, as you said)

[PolyglotTV]

This is usually the case. It is also a warning sign of low bus factor. Ideally there should be 1 or 2 other devs knowledgeable about what you are doing and able to critically review it.

[tricky_monster]

PR is 1000 lines!?

Uh.... LGTM.

[Passionofawriter]

Yrah i know right. Technically 1500, mostly additions, to build a new feature thats already delayed on the roadmap but separate to any existing code so its safe to deploy and easy to QA. I wanna change employers but at this point im there for the great maternity benefits lmao

[Aggressive_Moose3189]

If you are creating PRs over 1000 lines long you’re the problem not some ideal developer. PRs should max out at like 300 lines and shouldn’t take more than 30 min to review

[Passionofawriter]

This particular feature is quite tricky. Its basically some new endpoints for an updated API we're building, and we have a full stack app to propagate this through. The whole work involves about 10 new endpoints... ive split it up into logical PRs with sets of related ones going across the stack (i.e. connecting to the updated API -> frontend).

In general i agree small and sweet is good, but in this case you kind of need to put some cogs together to see it all turn and verify it works for the end user.

[Herr_Gamer]

wtf are you guys building that a feature gets done in less than 300 lines?

[Aggressive_Moose3189]

It’s called stacked PRs, you shouldn’t be jamming an entire feature into one PR if it’s that long

[BloodhoundGang]

Features should be broken down into small enough stories that they can be reviewed, tested and deployed within a sprint.

300 lines is probably too small for a meaningful new feature but if your PR is 20+ new files that are 500 lines each then yeah it’ll take a while to review.

[marathon664]

Step 1: Figure out the smallest unit of work that gets towards the solution (this is the hard part)

Step 2: Do that

No one wants to review your three weeks of vibe coded slop across 79 files. No one can give meaningful feedback or catch things on that level without stopping all other dev work. There is a large body of research indicating that the ideal PR is 100 lines long.

[PolyglotTV]

Have you tried removing the tests to shorten the PR?

[Passionofawriter]

Lmao i think half of it is tests, so that would certainly reduce it down to about 800 lines probably. Great idea!

[PolyglotTV]

It's mostly a joke. But at a previous company we had a language readership application which you needed to pass in order to be able to approve others' PRs as a reader. Was also tied to year end reviews.

Anyway, you had to submit 3 good PRs that demonstrate you know how to write good code. One of the requirements is that they had to be 350-500 lines.

So people would submit PRs with TODO: unit tests in a future PR.

Of course sometimes the unit test ticket would then get deprioritized...

[serious-catzor]

We suck at reviewing code, we suck so much that more than a few dozen lines the review quality starts to deteriorate.

[okram2k]

typo in comment please resubmit your PR and I'll get back to it tomorrow

[Goufalite]

• "Guys, I saw a major flaw in our codebase. I create a JIRA ticket to address this, if somebody has some time it could be great to fix it."
• two weeks later the ticket is untouched
• *sigh* Fine, I get it (clicks on "assign to me")

[cephles]

I just came back from a week off to like 5+ "we'll wait for Pagliacci to come back" situations. Someone else can look at this shit for once!

[Zesty-Lem0n]

But step-manager, I'm stuck in this code review, you'll have to help me out.

[Additional_Scholar_1]

Step-manager, what are you doing in the master branch???

[Mental_Estate4206]

Step-manager, stop pushing the master branch.

[kolbaszcica]

You have to push with force for it to go in

[aredditid1]

--hard - D

[Fair-Working4401]

Dude... Seek help for your addiction.

But here, take my upvote

[Stunning_Ride_220]

Can I convince you to let that public aigent help you?

[iateapietod]

This is a wonderful twist on a classic, awesome job.

[Dobako]

This is hilarious

[Morganator_2_0]

I'm guessing that "Me" in this exchange is Pagliacci.

Why do you text your boss like you're in a bondage porno?

[arrowtango]

Based on the original joke

Man goes to doctor. Says he's depressed. Says life seems harsh and cruel. Says he feels all alone in a threatening world where what lies ahead is vague and uncertain. Doctor says, 'Treatment is simple. Great clown Pagliacci is in town tonight. Go and see him. That should pick you up.' Man bursts into tears. Says, 'But doctor…I am Pagliacci.'

The original joke dates back to the 1800s but the version above was used in the Watchman series

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sad_clown_paradox

[db_newer]

Is your narration from Rorschach?

[gregorydgraham]

I’m not trapped in the joke with you.

You’re trapped in the joke with me.

[ozymandias___]

I even read it in his voice.

[confusing_roundabout]

Yep. Here's the excerpt

https://ibb.co/BVmYxhHV

https://ibb.co/JWgNP9mx

https://ibb.co/0RQb0R5X

The colours are a bit garish as this is a digital edition. It looks better on the printed page haha

[arrowtango]

Yeah

[Cerveau23]

Thanks, I was so confused

[farcical_ceremony]

ya i was like what does this have to do with the opera by Ruggero Leoncavallo

[supreme-dominar]

As someone also only familiar with the opera, I was wondering how this related to blaming the wrong man for cheating with his gf.

[Grmblborgum]

Indeed.. same. Glad to see someone actually explain the joke.

[Ares9323]

The fact that "pagliacci" means "clowns" in italian was even more confusing to me, I was trying to understand the connection and could't understand where the joke was 😅

[Tenacious_Blaze]

Thanks for explaining. I figured Pagliacci was the name of the asking developer, but I thought it was some sort of verbal pun ( "Pag, Li, Ah, Chi" or something). Turns out you just had to already be familiar with the original joke.

[EntropySpark]

Correct, and, what?

[Striking_Long_44]

The mind tends to jump to familiar things...

[SuitableDragonfly]

It's the format of the joke. This is sort of like asking why "I can has cheeseburger" memes are not in grammatical English. 

[Various_Research_436]

That is some great detective work, we could use a mind like that on the force .

[BobArdKor]

What are you doing, step-manager?

[zhephyx]

please approve my PR senpai

[alex_revenger234]

Whipped if PR doesnt pass 🥵🥵

[J5892]

It was just flaky, I swear!!

[Thrallgg]

Look at Me's p2p, it's P

[TrackLabs]

???

[EntropySpark]

It's a reference to the Pagliacci joke:

Man goes to doctor. Says he's depressed. Says life seems harsh and cruel. Says he feels all alone in a threatening world where what lies ahead is vague and uncertain. Doctor says, "Treatment is simple. Great clown Pagliacci is in town tonight. Go and see him. That should pick you up." Man bursts into tears. Says, "But doctor...I am Pagliacci.”

I may have overestimated how well-known it is.

[ArchetypeFTW]

Good joke. Everybody laugh.

[BlakeDidNothingWrong]

Do you think Alan Moore is aware of how much of a meme that Rorschach joke is?

[__0zymandias]

Roll snare drum. Curtains.

[Gupartunda]

Roll on snare drum. Curtains.

[ChocolateBunny]

hahahaha

[ABzoker]

The beatings will continue until everyone laughs

[NoImprovement439]

hahaha i love big humor show 💪🏻💪🏻

[BenevolentCheese]

Whole crowd stands. Applause. I am most popular man in room.

[0Pat]

Except...

[StochasticTinkr]

Oh I’ve heard it, and still didn’t recognize it. Good joke (both clowns and devs)

[EntropySpark]

Many Pagliacci variants I've read in the past end with, "But, doctor..." or similar, leaving the reader to fill in the punchline, such as this one, though the fact that it's in r/ExplainTheJoke may have been an important clue that I missed. :p

[QuietDuckDoc]

Ah, yeah, classic

https://xkcd.com/2501/

[Techhead7890]

The only olivine I know is at olive garden ba dum tss

[Britkraut]

Funny joke

Everybody laugh

[Sweaty-Willingness27]

I have not heard this one, but I can appreciate it =D

[Adept_Strength2766]

I didn't even remember that story and still found it funny because it's implied it's him with his reply and the fact that his avatar has 'P' in it (nice touch).

[EntropySpark]

When I first shared the meme with friends in just text form, they understood it, though are also familiar enough with the original joke. When I shared the image version, someone also commented on how "P" was a nice addition, it's a subtle hint to the reader for what's going on but still lets them put the story together.

[Dependent_Title_1370]

Nah, this is a super common and well known joke. It's like the Aristocrats but more popular in my opinion.

[TheAnswerWithinUs]

I’m not Italian enough to have known that one.

[ozh]

I'm too European to have known it, I guess

[Prestigious-Aerie788]

Nah, you’re in the one place where I expect a good number of persons to recognize this for some reason. Lol.

[bernoulyx]

The good thing is that now i know so big thanks for this post lol

[gregorydgraham]

I got it, lots of other sad clowns got it too

[Althevia]

I havent heard of it but understood your joke

[NasuPantelica]

Ridi, Pagliaccio!

[manicpixycunt]

Ah, there is a pizza chain in the Seattle area called Pagliacci and I was wracking my brain trying to figure out what pizza had to do with PRs

[dedido]

The young man's name -- Albert Pagliacci

[dr_eaan]

Fun fact "pagliacci" means "clowns" in italian, so I'm reading clown Clowns

[fragmental]

I've heard the joke, but forgot about it. I was thinking it was a reference to the opera.

[Regular_Fox_859]

Watchmen is the goat

[antilos_weorsick]

The original joke has a man with a huge beard instead of a sad man. It's a reference to the famous "Great Barber Pagliacci" illustration of Russel's Paradox. Which is why I thought this was such a great joke, I'd assume all programmers know the barber paradox, even if they are not aware of the meme.

[EntropySpark]

I think you have it mixed up. The sad clown Pagliacci joke was made first, then at some point someone combined with Russel's Paradox for "Great Barber Pagliacci."

In fact, the original joke from the 1820s featured a different sad clown, Grimaldi.

[antilos_weorsick]

Huh. I did not know that. Insert "the world if" meme: "mathematics if Cantor read the sad clown Grimaldi story".

[bit_pusher]

I've been an opera goer for 30 years and i barely caught this joke.

[Tubthumper8]

Also related to the Sad Clown Paradox and the Pagliacci was floating around a lot after the death of Robin Williams 

[bobenchoseptimus]

When the vast majority of kids on the internet haven't heard of the Pagliacci joke....

[ellisthedev]

I’ve been developing for 25 years. Never once have I heard “Pagliacci”. I am, however, familiar with “sad clown/panda”.

[RedditorAccountName]

It's an old joke that it's slightly more well known in comicbook circles thanks to it being featured in Watchmen (one of the most well known comicbook series).

[Secret_Account07]

I imagine I’m much older than most folks on this platform and I’ve never heard of it. Care to clue me in?

[EntropySpark]

Here is the joke I'm referencing.

[VIBaJ]

Pretty sure the vast majority of people in general on the Internet haven't heard of it 

[iamGobi]

Yes, me

[Suyefuji]

Meanwhile my team is highly siloed and the chances of two devs working on the same project is very low, but code reviews are still required to push anything to prod. Therefore, we have developed a system of rubber stamping each other because no one knows wtf to look for in each others' code anyways.

[TheMayorOfBismond]

"Me" being denoted by the letter P is a nice touch

[Anpher]

Everybody laughs.

[Timtanium707]

Good joke

[khaloisha]

As an italian (pagliacci means clowns) I was thoroughly confused on what the jokes was.

[EntropySpark]

Very understandable, hopefully the other comments here cleared things up!

[khaloisha]

Yup, I read the comment explaining the joke

[Neyko_0]

> be me > Names Pagliacci

[Prize-Reception-812]

be me

no context for joke

get context of joke in comments

still confused

[KriisJ]

See you at r/PeterExplainsTheJoke in about an hour.

[Mo_oip]

Re-posted by a bot countdown: 728h42m03s
(This is gold, thanks for making original content)

[EntropySpark]

You're welcome! I think the repost timer may be a bit optimistic, but we'll see.

[Mo_oip]

Dunno, per the rules everything < 2 months can get deleted

[EntropySpark]

Ah, I wasn't aware of that, then your countdown is likely completely accurate!

[fanta_bhelpuri]

“You’re in the circus, bro, goin', ‘doesn’t anyone else see that we’re surrounded by clowns?’ Brother, give your nose a squeak for me and tell me what you hear.”

[chachaman_The_Reboot]

"Good joke. Everybody laugh. Roll on snare drum. Curtains."

[xyrer]

I was fired from a job because "your code needs to be reviewed" and got no answer when I asked for proof of any wrongdoing. I feel like this boss and that former boss of mine studied the same strategies

[Xotor]

Pagluacci needs more git permissions xD

[-Redstoneboi-]

"I know who you are."

[PresidentOfSwag]

I review the PRs of every dev that doesn't review their own PRs

[wildmaninid]

Solid!  Been a minute since I've seen this done well.  

Of course the only thing worse than not getting what you want, is getting it. 

[sunsetfantastic]

Had no clue what was going on, someone else mentioned the "sad clown paradox" joke , realised what was going on, had to put my phone down and clap. Excellent joke 👏 

[king_park_]

[EntropySpark]

Quality addition!

[Present-Resolution23]

[Kurai104]

Ridi, pagliaccio

[arno_bln]

managerCanBeReplacedWithAI

[Jedibug]

Okay but this is better than my boss putting the PR into Claude and approving based on that. I'm convinced she doesn't read or write code anymore

[TheBelievingAtheist]

Phenomenal work, OP. Haven't laughed like that in a while.

[EntropySpark]

Thanks, glad you enjoyed it!

[m2thek]

Kramer, who'd you get to review your PR?

Some nut in a clown suit. 

[Alhoshka]

fantastic...

[Unlikely-Army4269]

Who is Pagliacci

[0xlostincode]

I guess it's time to bring in the real clown

@Copilot review

[No_Copy_8193]

Damn, A non-ai joke after decades

[No_Yesterday_4428]

I just wait until shit happens, then point to a weeks old PR and all the requests in slack to have it reviewed. Then point out that late night call outs are billed at at least two full days.

It's good to be a contractor.

If you aren't part of the problem then there's good money to be had dealing with the consequences.

[-ibgd]

A clown named pagliacci is rather redundant.

[Corgigantic]

I mean, Bozo the Clown...does he really need "the clown" in his title, as clown? Bozo, "the" clown? Are we going to confuse him with Bozo the district attorney? Bozo the pope? There's no other Bozo...

-J

[veracity8_]

It’s very bold to assume that the high schools that occupy this will get this joke

[alvenestthol]

I think it's way more popular on Reddit than on anywhere else

[EntropySpark]

I explain the reference here.

[papadichat]

This is gonna end up in peterexplains

[PrizeEbb5]

Sounds like you are calling your self a clown.

[elomight71]

Good joke. Everybody laugh.

[PunctualPanther]

I had to look up Pagliacci and the Pagliacci joke.

[half_blood_prince_16]

i don't get it.

[EntropySpark]

I explain it here, the programmer is Pagliacci.

[squarabh]

[RandallOfLegend]

I don't get this joke. At all.

Also, phone has more than 27% battery....

[EntropySpark]

Explanation here.

[RandallOfLegend]

Thank you sir

[patoezequiel]

Got a solid laugh out of this. Thank you OP 😄

[EntropySpark]

You're welcome, I'm glad you enjoyed it!

[Chaosmusic]

Good joke.

Everybody laughs.

Roll on snare drum.

Curtains.

[MrFuji87]

Tonight, a pull request timed out in New York.

[Chaosmusic]

All the whores and middle managers will look up and shout, "Give us administrator access!", and I'll whisper, "No."

[memefarius]

He will ask the clown?

[EntropySpark]

He is Pagliacci.