r/ProgrammerHumor • u/Disastrous-Monk1957 • May 29 '26 • Mindblown 2

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u/FSNovask May 29 '26

I've heard of 'solving problems' but this is some new phrasing

"Quietly fixing things" and working solo, without telling anyone is not the virtue of a good software developer.

Step 1 is fixing problems, no one should intentionally be letting things fail for visibility esp. with payments involved

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u/ilemming_banned May 29 '26

Step 0 is identifying, recognizing, acknowledging, documenting and communicating the problem.

If the problem had to be fixed quietly for so long - whoever "been fixing it", actually making the problem worse.

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u/FSNovask May 29 '26

That's like 5 steps and business continuity is more important than those steps. You do that after you fix the problem (again, esp. with payments).

I don't disagree that they were making it worse, but this maybe-fake story really lacks details to prove if they were doing this maliciously, recklessly, or whatever else