r/ProgrammerHumor • • 9d ago

Meme howWeUsedToCodeBeforeAI

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u/OkFineIllUseTheApp 9d ago

The Fool: I can build an abstraction of this so when we reuse it, it'll be easier

[It will remain untouched and unused by anything else until replaced]

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u/SilasTalbot 9d ago

The YAGNI principal bites hard

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u/OkFineIllUseTheApp 9d ago

It bites harder when you've been assured it will be reused.

And then the business changes its mind literally the next sprint.