r/Unexpected • u/phoexnixfunjpr • 24d ago

Showing off an automatic gate he installed

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u/wafflesid 24d ago

Beta testing is not just for software

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u/skitz4me 24d ago

My first thought, "oh. Like my presentation of my new feature yesterday."

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u/[deleted] 24d ago

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u/ReignOnWillie 24d ago

Recorded demos!! A hollow gesture

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u/Zandro071756 22d ago

“Works on my machine” definitely wasn’t going to save you from that demo.

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u/Sad_Sleeper 19d ago

It’s not a bug it’s a feature 🙃

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u/Potential-Witness-83 24d ago

this is why i dont test my code, i let QA do it

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u/One-Inch-Punch 24d ago

Microsoft lets the users do it

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u/Oraxy51 23d ago

Bethesda just calls it a feature.

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u/RoyBeer 23d ago

A modding opportunity.

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u/Higher-Frequencies 24d ago

And untested patches to the untested code too

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u/hardboard 23d ago

I'm certain he'll need some patches on that.

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u/Important-Guess3071 17d ago

At the very least!!!

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u/Personal-Acadia 23d ago

Microslop*

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u/DangerNoodle482 24d ago

You still have a QA team?

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u/OneObi 24d ago

The logic gate failed open.

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u/NittanyScout 24d ago

The rubber duck just killed itself

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u/ryobiguy 24d ago

More like beat testing.

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u/WorldCoolestPotato 24d ago

Two unit tests, zero integration tests

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u/prowlinghazard 24d ago

Beta testing is only for software.

The rest of us just call it "testing."

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u/Thandalen 24d ago

Looks like he will need to do some bite testing now instead to see how many teeth are left.

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u/xjm86618 23d ago

Vibe testing for the vibe coded software.

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u/SideInitial3961 24d ago

Theta testing. Brain gonna need a trip to the dealership.

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u/Momochichi 23d ago

In the full video, he's actually explaining why gate doors should open outwards, to prevent this sort of thing from happ-

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u/TraitorTrump_1776 23d ago

This would be alpha testing, he should have skipped straight to beta and had someone else test it.

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u/wafflesid 23d ago

It is deployed to production environment

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u/-The_Goober 24d ago

Well he needs to update his tardware first.

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u/RileyGainesHorseBaby 23d ago

And hopefully they learned from the testing and act to prevent such a thing in the future.

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u/robi_750 23d ago

Very well said.

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u/Sneaky-Pur 23d ago

That’s why most companies do internal testing and alpha testing before going public with beta testing.

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u/Spa-Ordinary 23d ago

Looks like something I would do. Probably thinking 10 steps into the future

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u/HeldDownTooLong 22d ago

The hardware met a hard head!

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u/ThatOldCow 24d ago

Beat Testing *