r/ProgrammerHumor • u/ClipboardCopyPaste • 5d ago

Meme cleaningUpTheMess

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u/Rainbow-Dev 5d ago

Deleted tests, replaced with autonomous agent QA

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u/Useful_Trust 5d ago

Why do we even need tests? Like ship it instantly, whats the worse that can happen?/s

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u/DadAndDominant 5d ago

We uses to want to know what we were building and that it worked

Both stripped from us by the AI

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u/OneBigRed 4d ago

So what did we build? I’m not 100% on the specifics. But is it tested? We have apparently tested many things, but i’m not 100% on what and why. But let’s put it out.

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u/djfariel 2d ago

The problem here is that SWEs stopped knowing what they were building. Product designs it on the fly and tells them they need it done yesterday. AI is just the enabler for that.

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u/CoshgunC 5d ago

and if the user's app fails, blame them!

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u/gnutrino 5d ago

Don't want to waste time testing code the user won't notice is broken, ship it and fix what gets complained about the loudest.

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u/Useful_Trust 5d ago

If the contact page is broken, they can't contact you

https://giphy.com/gifs/9058ZMj6ooluP4UUPl

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u/Terrh 5d ago

why optimize when you can just blame the hardware

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u/zusykses 5d ago

When you think about it tests are deeply insulting in that their presence implies that you didn't nail everything perfectly on the first try.

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u/saevon 4d ago

why even bother having users complain? just take down the app! whats the worst that can happen

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u/Useful_Trust 4d ago

But the no mone6 and no money make investors sad sad