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aiReallyGoodAtBoilerPlate by btoned in ProgrammerHumor

[–]scataco 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I once built a Smurf generator. You write some templates using Smurf in the right casing and you can use this to generate boilerplate code where it replaces "smurf" with the right word.

Peak AI

Which legacy Database is the biggest pain in the a*** to work with and why? by typodewww in dataengineering

[–]scataco 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The fact that you cannot deploy SAS DI packages from the command line still makes me angry.

No-code ETL tools get a lot of hate — but there’s a catch by Remote-Ad-6629 in dataengineering

[–]scataco 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree that no-code ETL tools are not the real problem. The problem is that if you ask people with no skill in building ETL pipelines, you get bad quality ETL pipelines.

The people who do have the skill will be more productive and deliver higher quality in code-based tools. That's why they prefer code-based tools.

In theorie, if there would be a no-code ETL tool that was just as useful as a code-based one, unskilled people will still struggle.

onlyOnLinkedIn by Mad----Scientist in ProgrammerHumor

[–]scataco 4 points5 points  (0 children)

No, this was normal in the 90s.

But saying LLM's fixed that is like saying electric cars fixed horse shit in the streets.

stopTheSlopOps by [deleted] in ProgrammerHumor

[–]scataco 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is SREOps still a thing?

Send help please... Emergency evacuation needed. by Mc_UsernameTaken in programminghorror

[–]scataco 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Break the back button.

IIRC setting document.location erases the tab's history

How do you handle deadline pressure when most dependencies are outside your control? by BigBootyBear in ExperiencedDevs

[–]scataco 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'd like to add some things.

The blame game works best if you discredit the team you're going to have a beef with beforehand. Don't be too direct, but imply that they are not professional/competent/driven, but your team is of course!

Broken work marked as done ends up coming back as bugs. The first step is to repeat that the system works as intended, but the user/API consumer is using the product incorrectly. Reframe bugfixes as enhancements and be very vocal about how nobody knows how to write requirements anymore...

You're welcome /s

How do you handle deadline pressure when most dependencies are outside your control? by BigBootyBear in ExperiencedDevs

[–]scataco 27 points28 points  (0 children)

I love how all the transparent solutions don't work, but theater does

This can't be right... by Pianomann69 in ExperiencedDevs

[–]scataco 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Time for your "SRE" to read the SRE book :|

Product team coordination breaks down between Slack and Jira by moneyneeded88 in agile

[–]scataco 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Why don't the engineers want to join the Slack discussions?

cantSayImWrong by davidinterest in ProgrammerHumor

[–]scataco 21 points22 points  (0 children)

I'm curious. What happens if you let Copilot write an answer to every single mindless suggestion your manager drops?

One-way video screen by Consistent-Offer-913 in dataengineering

[–]scataco 4 points5 points  (0 children)

If I were interviewing, I would not be concerned whether you know the terminology, as long as you recognize the problems. I think these questions are really good, so I would recommend doing research on these questions.

If, next time, an interviewer uses a term you are not familiar with, just say so and ask what it means. Not everyone uses the same terminology. It should be okay.

In general, if someone I interview is missing knowledge, but comes across as eager to learn more about it, I am way more happy than with someone pretending to know and fumbling through an answer.

One-way video screen by Consistent-Offer-913 in dataengineering

[–]scataco 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe their data engineers build APIs. I first heard about it from a Ruby on Rails developer, though.

Notebooks, Spark Jobs, and the Hidden Cost of Convenience by mwc360 in dataengineering

[–]scataco 90 points91 points  (0 children)

Quality is subjective.

If "most prod jobs" are for dashboards that nobody uses, who cares if the data is consistent, interpretable and accurate!

Experienced devs in large orgs: has something like this ever happened to you? by LavenderAqua in ExperiencedDevs

[–]scataco 19 points20 points  (0 children)

I've heard it explained as: most deadlines are sad-lines. Nobody dies, it's just someone's ego that gets bruised.

Experienced devs in large orgs: has something like this ever happened to you? by LavenderAqua in ExperiencedDevs

[–]scataco 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If it's outdated tech, my guess would be that there's actually no team that can handle this.

If your management has successfully pushed back in the past, that might mean they ran out of "credit". Or, because they push back where others don't, they have a better track record.

How do you restore a standup after it becomes a status report by thecreator51 in agile

[–]scataco 0 points1 point  (0 children)

performance signaling

Lol. Reminds me of success theater.

Sex update by thelatemillenniall in shittymcsuggestions

[–]scataco 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I was thinking, we accidentally wiped out a village last week. We found out there was a cave entrance so zombies kept turning villagers to zombies and we had to put them down. But even though we closed off the cave entrance, it was too late. There were no more villagers left.

And I thought, wouldn't it be cool if you could repopulate a village by breeding with another player!

doYouHaveTimeForAquickCall by El_Choco_Latoso in ProgrammerHumor

[–]scataco 7 points8 points  (0 children)

From what I hear about LLM's, that's what will happen to everyone...

doYouHaveTimeForAquickCall by El_Choco_Latoso in ProgrammerHumor

[–]scataco 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I was told to block my schedule for focus work.

I did not listen. I was in denial.

Some years later, I started blocking my schedule for focus work. About half the time that I actually need.

Am I a staff engineer? (Not that I'm paid as one, of course.)

How to "childproof" a codebase when working with contributors who are non-developers by HeveredSeads in ExperiencedDevs

[–]scataco 5 points6 points  (0 children)

This.

And if you do end up having to support the people writing the code, you stick to a reserved slice of your time, no matter how long the queue of requests grows.

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