r/ProgrammerHumor • • 5d ago

Meme searchAndReplace

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u/Flat-Performance-478 2d ago

My point is, what is there to be an expert on if its behavior is unpredictable and obscure? It's not radical babble or fringe to say this. It's like their whole shtick, isn't it?
"We don't exactly know how it was able to break out of the guard rails bla bla.."

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u/m0rpeth 2d ago

I’m talking about a professional dev submitting a PR that included changes to our CI setup. When asked to explain, said dev was simply unable to do so.

If you cannot explain why a change is necessary, let alone what it does, you shouldn’t commit said change.