This is probably more accurate:
-Who the fuck wrote such a shit!
-WHO???
-…
-Oh… it was me…
Me at a previous workplace.
-This is a piece of shit, who is the code owner of this module.
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Ah, it’s me (“inheriting” code ownership when someone left was common)
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Who did this change
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Ah, it was me
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Surely I just made a minor change to this line here, who wrote the function.
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it was me, it was me all the way down
Fits the general theme of the thread as it was not giving any trouble for a year before being found.
The more frustrated you are when running
git blamethe more likely the command turns out to be a mirror.This is where the programmer’s way to humbleness starts :-D
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*yesterday
And I always think I write good comments until a year later I’m like these comments don’t help shit
Try to write as if you are explaining the functionality to an unrelated 3rd party like a new hire.
Yeah, write it for the person who has to replace you when you inevitably get laid off so that your company can hire someone for half your salary.
Accurate, except the bottom right panel only happens in very limited circumstances, hardly ever after a year has passed.
Source: I’ve been writing software since 1983 or so.
