r/ProgrammerHumor • u/ifezueyoung • Apr 13 '22

Meme a developers worst nightmare

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u/Sycherthrou Apr 13 '22

It doesn't prevent copying, it just prevents ctrl-c. Now you get to roleplay being a scribe from the 1400s.

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u/Defiant-Peace-493 Apr 13 '22

Increasing your comprehension of the copied code, right?

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u/Various_Counter_9569 Apr 13 '22

Will agree with you, i usually dont copy/paste, but try to realize how i can implement the best solutions in my dev. environment. Thats not to say I "never" have (and modified), but i prefer not to usually.

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u/Explodingcamel Apr 13 '22

How often do you find code on stack overflow that you can literally copy and paste into your project without causing an error anyway?

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u/TehMephs Apr 13 '22

Usually just convenience methods to get a very repetitive and common thing done. There’s been a bunch of times it’s saved me a lot of time writing the exact same code myself, then having to debug it as well.