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It's pretty common with small businesses. my first job I was the sole programmer for an industrial refrigeration contractor, so I developed, tested, debugged, installed the software for the client machines. But also built the computers, serviced them, on site repairs/swap outs. I also had to have an electrical license to work on/ build/ install the equipment that the computers worked with. Also design electronics and provided part time IT work for the company.
Before leaving do to high stress after 18 years, I believe I had close to 500 computer systems out there, from Alaska, to BC Canada, to Pennsylvania, to Mexico, but mostly in Washington and Oregon. There was always that "don't worry we will get you help" statement that got passed around every time I would throw a fit about being overworked.
Before I left, I spent 6 months documenting everything I did, and all the software that I had built, so they could find someone new and hopefully hit the ground running. they eventually did, but the last I heard was the business was doing bad for the last few years and everyone was working half time, So I'm ether responsible for that, or I got out just in time; I'm hoping the later.
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My secondary role is as the DSJB: Departmental Shit-Job Boy, which includes the following:- Usual documentation/presentation author for the group
- Installers for all of our products
- Windows images for our industrial PC's
- Source control management; it's Visual SourceSafe, so weep for me
- Build server administration
- Automated build process maintenance
- Defense Against The Dark Arts (aka corporate IT) master
- Backups of EVERYTHING
Software Zen: delete this;
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Quote: WE HAVE A STANDARD FOR HOW API's RETURN ERRORS. HERE IT IS. YOU WILL USE IT OR BE FIRED!!!
But no, everyone, including me, handles 400, 401, 404, 500, etc., differently in the response back to the client. I can only blame myself for my own failing.
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Slacker007 wrote: did you get fired?
I had to fire myself.
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Marc Clifton wrote: WE HAVE A STANDARD...
Standard: They're no fun. It's the same thing every day, every hour, every minute, every second.
Random: Now that's fun. Never know what you're going to get.
Be more fun today.
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Do you return a random (== different error code for each call), or an arbitrary (== the same error, having nothing to do with the cause) value?
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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Daniel Pfeffer wrote: Do you return a random (== different error code for each call), or an arbitrary...
Actually, you've made a good point here.
Arbitrary is far easier than random.
So I've settled on arbitrary. If random is fun, arbitrary is the funnest!
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Arbitrarily random is the bestest. That is, if you want to eschew repeatability.
"They have a consciousness, they have a life, they have a soul! Damn you! Let the rabbits wear glasses! Save our brothers! Can I get an amen?"
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so what would be the most bestestest?
Standards that are arbitrarily randomized
To err is human to really elephant it up you need a computer
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raddevus wrote: Be more fun today.
I only return 203 or 418
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We need a new return code for "I'm not certain that I'm a teapot".
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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Actually not reasonable. What may be the correct handling in one situation can be completely wrong in another situation.
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Is a broken drum the best gift a child can receive - you can't beat it?
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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That's a fine kettle of fish: I almost got caught in your snare but managed to stick to bass-ics and brush it off without crashing as a cymbal of self control.
I'll get my high-hat and leave . . .
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"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein | "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010 |
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A lot of cymbalism in that gift, a good way to stick it to them, it would drive them bongos.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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By that logic my child is the greatest gift I ever received!
If you can't laugh at yourself - ask me and I will do it for you.
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Beating him/her will certainly get you into more trouble than beating a drum...
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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I'm sure Apple has a few copies left...
And to be honest Apple do not innovating anymore, so except some dark secrets of misuse of technology there is possibly nothing of interest there...
"The only place where Success comes before Work is in the dictionary." Vidal Sassoon, 1928 - 2012
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They'll probably get hired.
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MSN wrote: A ransomware group is demanding Apple pay a ransom for Macbook schematics it claims to have stolen.
Chris Maunder wrote yesterday: Update: So the iPad Pro is to be the replacement for the Macbook. No one's come out and said it, but with the M1 chip, 2Tb storage, 16Gb RAM, thunderbolt over USB-C: it's a touch-enabled Macbook.
Anyone else thinking this is just a coincidence?
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... I said Good idea, we can cover more ground that way!
Ba-tish!
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant Anonymous
- The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine Winston Churchill, 1944
- Never argue with a fool. Onlookers may not be able to tell the difference. Mark Twain
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Nah, this was no "ba-tish" joke.
this was genuinely funny.
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