What's the dumbest thing you've shipped? - eviltoast

18 month project is winding down. I suspect it will have 1 use in the next 4 years we are supporting it.

The tool is basically a copy of the S3 browser, only shittier. The license for the S3 browser is only 20 bucks btw.

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    1 year ago

    A design professor actually proposed this idea to us. Make the user feel how the computer is working, so they can appreciate the result more.

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      Take the same approach with tickets: Finish one in 10 minutes? You just get a new one. Finish the same one in 2 days, and claim “Pff, that was a tough one, but I did it!” - Makes the Product Owner think the Developer is working, and appreciates the result way more

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        1 year ago

        Not of they ask Jim about it and Jim stabs you in the back and says nah this should take an hour max dunno what Ron is doing.

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          Then sneak in a test case that fails if the commit is made by Ron and ask Ron to implement it in an hour, all tests green. 😈

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            1 year ago

            Eh that’s grounds for dismissal or at least a reprimand.

            You always talk the shit, you never write it down.