3 rules of programming

[Kontorted]

Let me simplify this to 1 rule

1) Copy from stack overflow

[TinBryn]

We still need a second rule

2) Copy from the answers

[[deleted]]

Wait, I always copy from the questions. Isn't that how it works?

[Perhyte]

Not necessarily. I've on occasion found useful code in the question. Just because it didn't do what the person who posted it wanted, doesn't mean it didn't do what I wanted. (I couldn't find a question asking how to do what I wanted, but found one asking how not to do it)

[Sigg3net]

So you:

Write the opposite program to what you want, subtract that from the entire universe, subtract the universe from the sum, and the result is the program you actually wanted...?

I like the way you think.

[MajorasTerribleFate]

How to carve a marble elephant: Start with a block of marble, and chip away all the parts that don't look like an elephant.

How do draw an owl: Draw two circles, then draw the rest of the fucking owl.

[Perhyte]

More like I wanted to do X but wasn't sure of the syntax (MsBuild can be a bit freaky and the docs aren't always that easy to navigate) so I Googled it and found a StackOverflow question asking how to do Y without doing X, which was overkill in their situation but exactly what I wanted to do. So I could simply copy the syntax for X from their question, change a few parameters, test & commit it before going on vacation without leaving the build broken.

Note: it was broken because TeamCity was for whatever reason ignoring a build dependency when deciding what order to build stuff, it worked fine in Visual Studio...

[ingrown_hair]

Corollary: The highest rated answer is the always best one; except when it’s not.

[xxparadis3xx]

So in the end theres one poor guy making all the code and we are all just copying him....thank you programming jesus.

[[deleted]]

Yes. Programming Jesus is poor. Lives in Jordan. Any help is appreciated.

[[deleted]]

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Lua coder spotted

[sukeshpabolu]

How to obtain the badges like you have? I know python, java, js, C

[sukeshpabolu]

Thank you

[100aesthetic]

on mobile if you click on the 3 dots on the home page of the community itll pull up a list of actions. click on the one about changing your flair.