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Re: New programming jargon you coined

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Post by ErrantX »

I have one, at work and amongst friends, named after me :(

"Flakey Tom" - which basically is when someone (usually me) writes some code, tests/debugs it, runs compiler test, ensure it works etc.... and then adds "one extra quick line of code" (it will be fine guys!) before checking it into the main branch.

And subsequently everything breaks for about 3 hours.

Re: New programming jargon you coined

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Post by watty »

My favorite: "Barack Obama - An account in Redmine that we assign our most aspirational tickets to, i.e. the stuff we'd really like to do with a project but will probably never get approval for."

Re: New programming jargon you coined

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Post by tlrobinson »

ErrantX wrote: post #2

I have one, at work and amongst friends, named after me :( "Flakey Tom" - which basically is when someone (usually me) writes some code, tests/debugs it, runs compiler test, ensure it works etc.... and then adds "one extra quick line of code" ( it will be fine guys! ) before checking it into the main branch. And subsequently everything breaks for about 3 hours.

Ouch. I've been known to do that... and my name is Tom :(

Re: New programming jargon you coined

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Post by freejoe76 »

My favorites:

Doctype Decoration: When web designers add a doctype declaration but don't bother to write valid markup.

Object Oriented Pasta: Used to describe spaghetti code wrapped in classes to make it look like an object.

Hooker Code: Code that is problematic and causes application instability (application "goes down" often).

Re: New programming jargon you coined

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Post by donaq »

My favourite: Megamoth.

Stands for MEGA MOnolithic meTHod. Often contained inside a God Object, and usually stretches over two screens in height.

Megamoths of greater size than 2k LOC have been sighted. Beware of the MEGAMOTH!

Re: New programming jargon you coined

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Post by jacquesm »

ErrantX wrote: post #2

I have one, at work and amongst friends, named after me :( "Flakey Tom" - which basically is when someone (usually me) writes some code, tests/debugs it, runs compiler test, ensure it works etc.... and then adds "one extra quick line of code" ( it will be fine guys! ) before checking it into the main branch. And subsequently everything breaks for about 3 hours.

I'm lucky enough to currently not work with collegues that could coin names for my failures, I'd hate to imagine what a 'jam' looks like. It might be 'idiot move to add one item to a firewall access list that locks out the idiot and the rest of the internet, requiring a live body to transport himself to the hosting facility'. Of course this never happened. I wish.

Shit happens, don't worry about it.

And I think that there are a lot of 'Flakey Toms' on HN, even when they're named George or Sally :)

Re: New programming jargon you coined

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Post by jacquesm »

tszming wrote: post #6

My favorite: Bloombug: A bug that accidentally generates money

I have one just now, it inspired this comment:

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1332560

I noticed a certain bug actually caused me a bit of extra income so I left it in place. It still is, it still makes money, and has been going for about 5 months now.

Re: New programming jargon you coined

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Post by jacquesm »

freejoe76 wrote: post #5

My favorites: Doctype Decoration: When web designers add a doctype declaration but don't bother to write valid markup. Object Oriented Pasta: Used to describe spaghetti code wrapped in classes to make it look like an object. Hooker Code: Code that is problematic and causes application instability (application "goes down" often).

These are really funny. Especially the Object Oriented Pasta.

I've seen some of that and had to clean it up, it made me wish for a shotgun and some ammo at times.

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