this post was submitted on 17 Feb 2026
681 points (97.6% liked)

Programmer Humor

29960 readers
679 users here now

Welcome to Programmer Humor!

This is a place where you can post jokes, memes, humor, etc. related to programming!

For sharing awful code theres also Programming Horror.

Rules

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
 
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] favoredponcho@lemmy.zip 33 points 1 week ago (3 children)

A lot of those posts will also include shit like must know XML and AJAX and it’s clear the recruitment division hadn’t updated their template in ages.

[–] irelephant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 days ago

So many sites still use that with a shiny UI slapped on top.

There’s a lot of legacy stuff around. I saw some CORBA in the wild recently.

[–] marcos@lemmy.world 25 points 1 week ago (1 children)

What is not clear is if the software development division updated their practices.

[–] MirrorGiraffe@piefed.social 5 points 6 days ago

Exactly, if there's even the slightest risk that I'll need to dust off the good ol ajax that's a nope from me.