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I posted last night that my port to TypeScript worked first time, first compile. It was a fairly major reworking and I was literally lying awake at 3 in the morning wondering what I'd screwed up that caused it to work
(brief pause while I reflect on the absurdity of that sentence and our developer lives in general)
It turns out I'd still been referencing the old code, not the new code, in one crucial component. Fixed this and the whole house of cards came crashing down in a fiery J.J. Abrams Michael Bay style ball of flame.
I'm so relieved.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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I've been waiting for that shoe to drop.
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Never throw anything away, Griff
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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Things keep on getting better.  ...
They couldn't get any worse! 
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I guess you've tried hitting rock bottom, but for those who haven't:
Here you go![^] 
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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Never argue with a fool. Onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.
Mark Twain
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I just got this meme in my Facebook timeline today, and it looks like I'm not the only one who can recognize the situation:
Clickety[^]
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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Never argue with a fool. Onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.
Mark Twain
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Clickety no worky
#SupportHeForShe
Government can give you nothing but what it takes from somebody else. A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you've got, including your freedom.-Ezra Taft Benson
You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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It works on my machine! 
(Two machines actually...)
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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Never argue with a fool. Onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.
Mark Twain
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Maybe the local firewall.... 
#SupportHeForShe
Government can give you nothing but what it takes from somebody else. A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you've got, including your freedom.-Ezra Taft Benson
You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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Reality what a concept!
Technician
1. A person that fixes stuff you can't.
2. One who does precision guesswork based on unreliable data provided by those of questionable knowledge.
JaxCoder.com
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"Reality is just a crutch for those who can't handle Science-Fiction"
"Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana."
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What a relief. That fully functioning state seemed rather eerie!
"If we don't change direction, we'll end up where we're going"
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Those damned Ancient Greek Gods.
They always wait for that moment of elation, then send down their thunderbolts to show us we are mortal.
Perhaps some burnt offerings may help next time  .
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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Chris Maunder wrote: fiery J.J. Abrams style ball of flame.
I think you mean Michael Bay.
JJ Abrams is the constant lens flare guy.
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Ah, that's right!
cheers
Chris Maunder
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So he was calling lens flare when he should have been calling explosion?
That explains the errors.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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My faith in humanity has been restored.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Crap. 
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Chris Maunder wrote: Fixed this and the whole house of cards came crashing down in a fiery J.J. Abrams Micheal Bay style ball of flame.
You should have copied and pasted dandy72's correction. He spelt Michael Bay correctly, you didn't.
Michael Martin
Australia
"I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible."
- Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
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Well spotted sir
We can’t stop here, this is bat country - Hunter S Thompson RIP
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I am guessing there were no UnitTests for the old javascript code that should have worked almost unchanged for the converted Typescript code?
Or the UnitTests worked because they ran the old code?
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Oh you crazy kids and your crazy ideas about "unit tests" and "testing before you deploy".
cheers
Chris Maunder
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That one time where I got contrived indexed string operations right off the bat, I screamed in joy. The couple co-workers looking at me strangely applauded when told what's going on.
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Has this last week with javascript.
"Odd, it's still working, despite purposely breaking code?"
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"Which software development methodologies do you use?"
What I think has been lost in all the noise of so-called methodologies is the total disregard for quality. And by that I mean simple things like DRY principle and even correct spelling (particularly customer facing UI's).
We speak of passion for software development, but where is the passion for doing something well? I don't mean perfect, but the code I so often encounter just screams "I clearly don't give a sh*t."
These methodologies, they don't address any of this. Where in these methodologies is "show that you care about your work?" It doesn't exist.
Maybe I should create a Care-Bear[^] Methodology and write a "care meter" plugin for VS. 
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Learning to code with python is like learning to swim with those little arm floaties. It gives you undeserved confidence and will eventually drown you. - DangerBunny
Artificial intelligence is the only remedy for natural stupidity. - CDP1802
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