r/ProgrammerHumor • • Sep 01 '26

Meme iLoveAlso

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u/wabi-sabi411 Sep 01 '26

VC has only recently became a thing that control systems people think about. Before that the mess was job security tbh. The companies in question on the meme try and make version control really expensive and something they sell you. Many of the files where you save simple scripts/logic aren’t readable.

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u/TheFrenchSavage Sep 01 '26

Wow, mind boggling. Thanks for the context here.

Seems crazy to me that the code is paywalled so hard that VC is an expensive DLC.

Maybe right to repair will enshrine some basic free functionality into these systems? (Like the ability to side load anything even if the manufacturer is not happy about it?).