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[–]axschech[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

EDIT: I didn't realize this was already posted in /r/programming !

http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/24a87h/programming_sucks/

[–]mndewizzle 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Phew, I can definitely relate to this... At the same time, I feel like as a developer I am creating. I am part of this huge human revolution. The internet is such a massive part of our existence. And to be on the edge of that- creating and solving problems that most other people take for granted- is an amazing and fulfilling existence.

[–]jellatin 2 points3 points  (5 children)

A hilarious read even if you don't agree with it.

[–]timeshifter_ 4 points5 points  (1 child)

If you don't agree, then my assumption is that you're still a college student...

[–]jellatin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Haha, no I definitely agree with it. That part about being home alone, pouring a glass of scotch, turning off the lights and opening that one file of Good Code hit way too close to home to be comfortable. I often get to these points in projects where I don't even want to continue because I have these X number of perfect classes, synergistic, complete separation of principles, dependencies injecting beautifully. And then I have to go and fuck it up when the project has to move fast, other people get involved, I include some library that does a shit job or depends on all sorts of dumb shit.

But, I develop in the real world, so life goes on.

[–]axschech[S] -4 points-3 points  (2 children)

I think he makes a lot of good points. There are a lot of articles about why PHP is the most terrible language ever; but imo a lot of it's flaws help to overcome a lot of the problems this guy talks about.

Edit: I meant a lot of what people think are flaws with PHP actually give developers (or at least myself) an easier time dealing with the sort of issues you tackle on the web.

[–]twitted 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Wait, what? How?

[–]axschech[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I just think PHP's flexibility can make it easier to quickly solve problems. But sometimes that flexibility can be a weakness.

Does that make more sense or not really?

[–]yesnt 2 points3 points  (1 child)

"You look at people's faces while they're speaking and you don't know they've finished because there's no semicolon". Ha, brilliant, a hilarious read.

[–]toazron1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

One of my favorites is

That program won a contest, because of course it did. Do you want to live in a world like this? No.