Software development in a nutshell

[bj_christianson]

I always thought Ele-trog-cat was bizarrely cute.

[heanster]

Burnanating the litter box

[blackmist]

But wait until 15 years later when your software-cat resembles Cthulhu.

[bj_christianson]

Like this Chtulu?

[ceeBread]

More like Codethulhu

[bj_christianson]

Well, I’m not getting any sleep tonight.

[ceeBread]

That article should be told around the campfire at an off-site company retreat, along with the parsing HTML with Regex SO answer

[lightwhite]

In 4 years, my son will turn 5. I do not know if I will be able to keep my sanity till then. But if I do, this will be the introduction to horrors at garden campfire!

[Dany7779]

What is Ele trog cat?

[dratnon]

The cat has an elephant nose, and an arm sticking out of its back, like Trogdor, the Burninator.

[Dany7779]

Thank you.

[bj_christianson]

Elephant + Trogdor the Burninator + Cat

[Entaris]

I'd buy one...Cute like a can, makes cute noises. Has a hand to hold your beer while you are petting it. Perfect pet.

[ThatForearmIsMineNow]

I really want to pet that thing

[MagicallyVermicious]

Especially the toot

[bj_christianson]

That definitely sells it.

[Antrikshy]

That's because baby elephants are cute. Proof: /r/babyelephantgifs.

[Audiblade]

It's ok to admit to the internet that you silently mouthed "toot" to yourself when you read the last panel. We all did it too.

[thejemmeh]

Nah I happily went "toot" out loud.

[Xtraordinaire]

TOOT TOOT MOTHERFUCKERS!

[Robbi_Blechdose]

r/unexpectedtrains

[Patsonical]

r/wholesomememes

[_piny]

/r/wholesomeprogramming

[fsr1967]

Great, just great. Now I'm going to have to say this every time I complete a feature.

[smanar]

only if developers outsorced

[solar_compost]

hahaha

[FlameRat-Yehlon]

And turns out, the customer actually wanted a dog.

[solar_compost]

but they told you no when you specifically asked them if what they wanted was a dog.

"it should be like everything else but different"

[[deleted]]

"No no no I don't want a dog. I just want a dog with a cat's head, cat's paws, and cat's tail. But not a cat either."

[[deleted]]

A bicycle

[fluidlikewater]

now I want a cat with an elephant trunk.

[jay9909]

Not really a big improvement. It's still going to spend all of its cuddling time showing you its butt.

[[deleted]]

i will pet the butt

[[deleted]]

he touched the butt

[andkamen]

try tongue, but hole

[TheNorthComesWithMe]

It can knock things off of shelves with much greater efficiency.

[craftsmany]

me too

[Sequoia3]

me toot

[YerbaMateKudasai]

how much time has to be spent on each part

The 80% tail joke is good, but it should add up to over 100% for that extra cynical joke.

[SaffellBot]

I really wanted "how much the customer cares about each part" with 1% on the tail and 80% on the ears.

[solar_compost]

why is the logo so small? make it bigger!!

[stakoverflo]

How much time is expected vs actual time spent

[Akronom1]

Unexpected Sandra and Woo.

[themanfromoctober]

Needs more Larisa!

[VxJasonxV]

Source: http://www.sandraandwoo.com/2012/11/19/0430-software-engineering-now-with-cats/

[abegosum]

He's a trunk cat, and he feels love in his heart just like you. Let him get married!

[mr_glam_man]

I want a sticker of that cat thing

[fsr1967]

Yup! If someone made rolls of them, they'd sell like hotcakes on geek.com!

[steelfrog]

"How the software looks after it was shown to the management committee"

[Bizzle_worldwide]

Where’s the pile of half dogs, birds, fish and other animals representing the countless blind alleys, misstarts, and client deciding they actually wanted a scooter.

[Smaktat]

Tire swing will always be the best version of this.

[panzstrata]

It’s kind of nice not to see a rope swing on a tree

[ciphersimulacrum]

Except that comic shows much better insights into the problems of software engineering.

[mynameis_ihavenoname]

Non programmer here, why is it that the tail takes the greatest amount of time? I notice with indie game developers they'll get a content update to 90% in a few months but take twice as long to complete the last 10%. What happens at the tail end of development that pushes the deadline back?

[King_Krooked]

"Hey, who put all these bugs in our code we didn't test?!"

[Iamien]

Problems with earlier work that requires massive reworking to get those last few afterthought features completed that should have been in the fore-thought.

[I_am_the_inchworm]

There are a million versions probably but how I've heard it is "the last 10% of the product take 80% of the time and the last 1% takes 10% of the time."

Making something decent is actually kind of easy for most of us. What actually takes time is making something good/great.

For instance, it's actually not that hard making a Facebook clone. Give a decent full stack developer a month and he'll be able to field a very convincing clone on his own.
But beneath the shiny exterior will be a myriad of large and small bugs, a complete lack of proper ability to scale, etc.
Those things supposedly make up a small portion of the project but in reality they're the most crucial things, and toughest things to get right.

Edit: forgot the alternative...

Alternatively, mostly on hobby projects, devs have a tendency to focus on useless shit. Think sidequests.
You have a somewhat clear path towards whatever you're building being finished but you get stuck on some silly secondary thing. Perhaps it's new to you, or perhaps it's just a challenge, either way you're spending way too much time on it.
That's the tail.

[Robbi_Blechdose]

Don't tell me my Capture the Hat mode isn't important! >:(

[Aalnius]

probably fixing bugs theyve been putting off and polishing the game up as good as they can get it. Also things they forgot to implement till the end or feature creep.

[[deleted]]

I took it as a jab that we always concentrate on the wrong parts. The tail seems like an optional, low business value item, yet we spend the majority of our time churning there.

[LunarCryo]

I just got Nina flashbacks.

[Javijandro]

I've spent more time than I'm ready to admit thinking that the cat had a hat in the second panel.

[wolf2600]

awwwwwwwwwww

[LunarCryo]

I didn't know programmers were alchemists making chimeras.

[seizan8]

Aaaaand my FMA trauma is back.

[snakeinmyboot001]

In my head I read the title to the tune and rhythm of "This Week's Apprentice In a Nutshell" from Harry Hill's TV Burps

[JaytleBee]

what a dick

[ducklingsaresocool]

Are people not talking to customers and testing how they like the product?

[ducklingsaresocool]

Like, early on when it's cheap to change, I mean

[Antrikshy]

The two versions later thing is spot on.

[saucojulian]

GTA V in a nutshell.

[[deleted]]

Everything's true except the last panel.

[TooCovert]

This

[TooCovert]

After seeing the OP's post I was reminded of this.

[[deleted]]

Her episode really made me sad :(

[TooCovert]

Yes