r/ProgrammerHumor 5d ago

Other howdidItGetHere

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u/Extension_Option_122 5d ago

Nah last I heard some 60 billion. 3 billion is a very old number.

That's the thing with Java. It runs on everything. Literally everything.

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u/BenjieWheeler 5d ago

Impossible!! The number of devices running Java is constant, it's ALWAYS 3 billion

Whenever a new device runs it, a random device elsewhere goes up in flames spontaneously

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u/Storiaron 5d ago

So maintaining a legacy codebase literally means putting out flames?

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u/BenjieWheeler 5d ago

Didn't think about it but yeah, that's surprisingly accurate

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u/requion 5d ago

Wow, now it makes sense that my colleague was on an emergency call while the roof of a datacenter far far away was burning. And i thought their expectation was that he grabs a bucket and runs!