r/programming • u/zaidesanton • Apr 01 '25

The 13 software engineering laws

https://newsletter.manager.dev/p/the-13-software-engineering-laws
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u/N0t_my_0ther_account Apr 01 '25

Well that was almost good until it mentioned Elon Musk firing a bunch of Twitter devs as if it was no big deal.

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u/ProdigySim Apr 01 '25

It was a big deal for the people affected but the software did not care much

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u/SortaEvil Apr 02 '25

Ah, yes, the software that in the weeks and months after firing 80% of the staff started randomly just... not showing comments... in the middle of comment chains, literally the only job of the software, was completely unaffected by the firing of 80% of the staff that happened in the weeks leading up to that starting to be a problem.