Finish this sentence:
Software is like a septic tank…
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@zachleat ...You never know when it will explode
@zachleat …sometimes you just need it to get your shit together.
@zachleat …try to not peek inside? 🙂
@zachleat full stop.
@zachleat a large bucket of excrement and it smells bad
@zachleat where everyone’s got shit to add but the real heroes are removing it.
@zachleat ...bad input makes worse output.
@zachleat ...the hardest problem is off-by-one errors
@zachleat you don’t want an overflow?
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@fimion one person’s #1 is another person’s #2
@zachleat
the more community participation, the fuller the experience?@matt public toilets are a shitty group project
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@zachleat ... they're illegal where I live, but we've buried the mess secretly, hoping no one will ever find out.
@mahryekuh OH MY
@zachleat I DENY EVERYTHING
@mahryekuh archive.org is FOREVER
You do not have to say anything. But it may harm your defence if you do not mention when questioned something which you later rely on in court. Anything you do say may be given in evidence.
Ooooof😅😅😅😅
@zachleat …you forget about it, then something explodes and you look into it and it’s like “dear god”
@zachleat ... you get paid a lot to jump inside and fix things.
@zachleat …you gotta stay in it to win it.
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@matthiasott @zachleat That’s just what Big Septic wants us to think, Matthias.
@zachleat You don't want to get it bloated. Wait, what's spaghetti doing here?
@zachleat an industry dominated by mediocre white guys?
@zachleat plumbers are bad at CSS too.
@peruvianidol how in the world was I not following you 😭😭😭
@zachleat some friend you are!
@peruvianidol *stress eats an entire deep dish pizza*
@zachleat me, every day
@zachleat but also I don’t blame you, tbh!
@peruvianidol gracious but it’s fixed now
@zachleat ...the last thing you want to do as a professional in the field is work on your family members' problems.
@collinsworth eat more fiber! fix the wifi!
@zachleat ... in that it is like a runaway armoured car, that has somehow gone septic.
@heydon lets do a postmortem on this toot
@zachleat - something something foundation is not deep enough…the pipes going to and fro freeze and burst …poo pond yard
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too many ppl (npm packages) in a single dwelling using (site) and cause the tank to overflow (perf issues)