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I was told about a bug in a specific tool. It was being used in production. Apparently we’ve gotten a lot of complaints about it over the years, and they would complain if the site was actively used it always failed.

I couldn’t find it in the development branch in source control.

I asked if this tool was purchased from a third party. My boss, who was not a developer, said no. And he was very sure of that. But he didn’t know where the code was.

I was the developer with the most seniority, and I was there for less than a year at this point.

I looked again. I finally found it… In an unapproved pull request from a few years prior.

The meat of this tool basically took information to make an order and create an order in the system.

Any time we needed to insert a record, it would find the highest Id in the table, increment 1, and insert the new record, id and all. It did this for every entity that needed to be inserted. Address, customer… Everything.

Worse, very little validation was done. Want to order something but it’s out of stock? No problem, this tool just pushed it right through.

Want to ship something using a shipping method that doesn’t exist? You got it.

Want to ship something to an address that doesn’t exist? Sounds like the warehouse’s problem.

Knowing about the level of knowledge here, you know that there were no transactions. All sorts of unused records were left in the database when there was an error. The users would get a generic error and try again several times, too.

The worst part was, we have an already existing function that would take order information and try to make an order. And it would give you actionable errors!

I mean, giving up on pursuing romantic relationships isn’t the same as giving up on yourself. Annoying that purposefully deviating from the “marriage, house, kids” framework IS seen as giving up on yourself.

It’s healthier to give up on something that isn’t working out for you over keeping up with something that makes you miserable.

Collaboration with Rob DenBleyker

Neat

Hello, blue Will Ferrel. I’m still here!

Women ruined my boys’ club workplace, wahh. Why can’t they stick to the jobs we don’t respect and have a lower salary?

It’s a problem when people just generate the code, see if it runs, maybe test it once or twice, and… That’s it.

Same issue with people blindly copying Stack Overflow and other code snippets on the web.

Like you say, the value we bring is in our review and understanding of the code, as well as our ability to make judgements on things like architecture.

I usually think that they prefer the “no makeup” look or prefer women that spend more time grooming themselves. Hello, skincare and eyebrow shaping!

If the man was asked directly, sure I don’t really mind their preference.

It usually isn’t prompted, though. It’s usually brought up after they see someone with a lot of makeup on. Those guys are just assholes. Same lines of “I hate it when women dye their hair blue” or “I hate it when women wear…” or “I hate it when women do [something harmless]”

I am usually barefaced, but I love wearing makeup sometimes. The natural look is nice, but I also love sparkles and color! It is fun.

A man is free to prefer no makeup. He doesn’t have to wear any if he doesn’t want to.

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Is this why everyone wants to fuck cars?

Another thing you can do to support: do not confront the abuser yourself.

If they are still together, your friend will suffer worse at their hands.

Also cannot overstate the “let them make their own decisions/don’t tell them to just leave” part of this. They need to make that decision themself. The abuser has messed their head a lot, give them the tools to untangle it and get out. You can’t force them to and pressure will likely backfire.

Forgive them if they don’t talk to you for a while. Check in on them (like a text) if you can. Abusers like to isolate. Your friend likely didn’t want to leave you hanging, but they might have had to for their safety. Show them that you’re still there!

The double take I did before I read their username 😂

It’s a tossup whether these women are just selfish (I/my team didn’t “win,” no fair) or their internalized misogyny automatically made them think the other woman was in the wrong and deserved it.

The drawers I’ve seen in a bathroom like this, in my experience, are part of built in cabinetry and not easily movable.

Publicly humiliated, no justice, then the fact that the perpetrator got away is used as “proof” that you are a conniving woman that wanted revenge on a man.

Balls do the same thing, tbh. It’s not a big deal but the attitude only goes one way. Sigh.

It’s Jigglypuff, from above!

There is so much great vegan food!

Damn, I knew I was doing something wrong.

You have very pretty eyes! The rest below is a matter of opinion, so take from it what you will.

On your left eye bottom lash, the line very quickly gets thick and stays thick until the wing, with a bit of a gap. The top lash line would look better if you lengthened it, I’d say over half the length of the eye.

The right eye looks a lot better! The wing is a bit thick, but practice will make that a bit better.

I use a slightly different product (liner in a pot, applied with a stiff angle brush), but I have a few pointers for application!

When I apply my eyeliner, I am seated at a table/desk and have my elbow resting on the table. It helps keep my hand steadier.

When I need to clean up my wing, I take a q-tip with a little micellar water and remove any parts that are too thick. Can’t really do that if you will remove eyeshadow, but for the bottom part of the wing that is never a concern for me. I think this would have helped, especially on your left eye.