Posts by Dan 4th

BOFH: Boss's quest for AI-generated program ends where it should've begun

Wait, wait, wait. .... Excel has SUM()?????

Like Simon, I too am happy to be working at the tail end of my IT career as AI takes off. I hope I'm still around long enough to laugh, point, and say "I told you so!" as the termina...

You need to RTFM, but feel free to use your brain too

E = mc2

E is Experience

m is tiMe

c is mistaKes.

Debugging source is even harder when you can't stop laughing at it

I often leave comments along those lines in my code as well, usually when I was doing something stupid because the right thing meant a rewrite. For example, "I don't know who originally wrote this crap, but the newest pile is mine. {explain why}"

In pre-covid days, I would often discover that someone was making an update when they started laughing.

Planning for power cuts? That's strictly for the birds

Re: I say it's plausible

There's nothing like a game of chicken with Murphey's Law.