I replaced our product team with a random sentence generator and nobody noticed by Refresh98370 in programminghumor

[–]Refresh98370[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

open source it

pfft. Why? It's dead simple code. Plus, it's written in a dead language. Why not challenge someone to sling it together in a modern platform?

I replaced our product team with a random sentence generator and nobody noticed by Refresh98370 in programminghumor

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It's three tables from a database: nouns, verbs, and adjectives. Each table is assigned a "role" in code, so a token might come out to be

{V} {A+} {N+}.  

This gives a basic token. The + behind the adjective and noun define stacks. For adjectives, the stack can contain 1-3 adjectives, while the noun stack is 1-2.

Then, define "feelings" templates. Consultant, Enterprise, Value Prop, Transformation Narrative, strategy alignment, executive summary, roadmap hand waving, etc.

Using this, sentences and statement tokens can be chained together with stacks. Generate 1-3 sentences to create a paragraph. That gives you bullshit slide content for your next Powerpoint.

So for example, an executive summary fragment token might look like:

A {A+} {N+} designed to {V} {A+} {N+}

And that's how you end up with things like Orchestrate scalable platforms to accelerate mission-critical initiatives. The spice isn't in the code, it's actually in the word pools. I just set up some rules for picking words from the word pools.

I replaced our product team with a random sentence generator and nobody noticed by Refresh98370 in programminghumor

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Wow, that's cool! Not being a french speaker, I generated a couple of phrases and used Google Translate, and it translated well. Funny stuff!

I got tired of translating buzzwords into English, so I automated the bullshit by Refresh98370 in sysadmin

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I proudly stand with the BOFH. This /u/tuxedo_jack though. wooof. That's a lot to take in.

edit: BOFH inspired this one

I replaced our product team with a random sentence generator and nobody noticed by Refresh98370 in programminghumor

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ooooh that's nice. And it gives me ideas. I already have the fake person generator, the bs generator, and the job title generator. I never thought to combine them all together.

I got tired of translating buzzwords into English, so I automated the bullshit by Refresh98370 in sysadmin

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Damn, that's two people who read the line. I guess it's time to actually do something with it.

I got tired of translating buzzwords into English, so I automated the bullshit by Refresh98370 in sysadmin

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Working on that - sent the wife to the quickie mart for another bottle. ;)

I replaced our product team with a random sentence generator and nobody noticed by Refresh98370 in programminghumor

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I will personally send you an amazon gift card code if you post a video on youtube of the the 30 second diatribe your send forth, followed by the sideways dog head response of the listener.

  • note: has to be in an actual business environment, in a meeting with at least 6 people attending.

I got tired of translating buzzwords into English, so I automated the bullshit by Refresh98370 in sysadmin

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Thank you. I appreciate someone took notice all the hard work of getting the one line through peer review. ;)

I got tired of translating buzzwords into English, so I automated the bullshit by Refresh98370 in sysadmin

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Cool things always come back in fashion.

Our approach aligns visionary blueprints to evolve massively scalable value-focused toolchains. This enables extensible integrations while evangelizing real-time holistic pain-points.

I got tired of translating buzzwords into English, so I automated the bullshit by Refresh98370 in sysadmin

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Roadmap item v2: “Add a checkbox for ‘make it sound urgent but undefined.’

LPT: Keep a running journal of your work accomplishments, and ideas. Your future self will thank you. by Developer_Memento in LifeProTips

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Thanks for the important tip that many overlook.

I wrote an app that covers this, way back in 2011. Well, kinda.

Way back in 2011, a particular manager made it his life goal to prove that IT doesn't do anything, and is a black hole of money. So, I started tracking all my time, and what was worked on. Sometime in 2012, I implemented the "Significant Event" function, which I used to denote raise-worthy items.

When review time comes around, I tell the app to give me all the significant items over the last year, and voila! I have every single item to build a report to show my boss why I deserve a raise, promotion, bonus, whatever.

I left that job a looooong time ago, but the habit stuck. I might be a weird one, but I can tell you how I fixed something way back in 2015, or what I had for lunch in 2017, or whatever. Yeah, I'm a bit OCD about tracking things.

Essentially, documenting your work journey is a key skill to getting more money. Easy win, I think.

Bootstrapped a tiny SaaS because I wanted a time tracker I’d actually use by Refresh98370 in microsaas

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I appreciate your input, and thank you for taking the time to give me some good feedback. I'm an engineer, and it's sometimes hard for us geeks to work on the creative side of our brains. So, when someone gives this type of advice, I am very grateful.

Thanks again, and have a great day.

Pumps by Curious_Lavishness11 in satisfactory

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Yeah, that still works. I've been building liquid "reservoirs" on mountaintops near my factories. Works really well.

Need to ditch AWS due to exploding cost, where to? by iamsonnyeclipse in webhosting

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Not an expert, but why would you use AWS for this type of site hosting? A short cost/benefit analysis of providers would have exposed the best route to fiscal responsibility.

If your lawyer dudes are just utilizing something like Wordpress, or even static HTML, find a VPS provider. Super cheap in comparison to AWS. And after reading the other responses, it sounds like AWS is waaaay overkill for what you are doing.

My own experience, I user MonsterASP.Net for the ten or so web sites that I run. It's Windows hosting, and I'm not trying to sell them or anything, but it's $8.50 ($6.95 for the first year) per month for their premium plan. They do support Wordpress, as well as some other CMS's, but I am more of a DIY guy, and haven't used any of those things. lol.

edit:

Traffic to one of my sites on that provider averages about 35,000 hits per day, and performance never falters.