Programming’s version of a hamster wheel is the infinite loop, except the hamster is you, the wheel is made of existential dread, and the only treat is a crashing CPU. The comic nails it: there you are, trapped in a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
With the right PR spin “oops” can become “innovation” in the software industry. Nothing captures this beautiful delusion better than the classic “It’s not a bug, it’s a feature” defense, a magical incantation that transforms your game-breaking glitch into “emergent[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Every big company has that one ancient software system that’s basically held together by digital duct tape, the hopes and dreams of long-departed developers, and a suspicious number of comments that just say “DON’T TOUCH THIS – SERIOUSLY.” It’s the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…