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The Six Stages of Code Grief (suppo.fi)

submitted 3 weeks ago by cm0002@suppo.fi to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

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[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 16 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I've been doing this for years at my current job. It has become a masterpiece of refactoring and comments. They weren't even asking the right questions. I'm very proud of myself.

So naturally, I'm about to get fired and have the whole thing redone by AI.

[–] Shanmugha@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Then re-hired for 3x salary to make it work again, I hope. Or just watch the company/project fail spectacularly