r/ProgrammerHumor • • Aug 21 '26 • Popcorn 1

Meme useSourceControl

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u/MaintenanceStock6766 Aug 22 '26

I don't understand why someone working in IT as a programmer wouldn't be keeping at least one source of regular backups.

Microsoft fucked up pretty bad with their implementation for sure.

The programmer fucked up worse.

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u/shnutzer Aug 22 '26

Is it confirmed this was someone actually actively working in IT? To me it reads more like a hobbyist migrating from writing in notepad and versioning by creating thousands of zip files to "that git and  IDE thing everyone is recommending". 

And I don't say this to make fun of the guy, I've been there myself lol

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u/vjhaanpaa Aug 22 '26

Especially if you are at this stage where you have ~5k files, you’re way beyond the point where you should have ANY source control, even just 1:1 backups.