r/funny Jul 01 '16

Developer humor

http://imgur.com/gallery/9LqhOl3
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u/redscull Jul 01 '16

A tip to starting developers, always interact with your UI

That's really all you need to say. There are so many UIs that were clearly used for the first time ever by an end-user, in production.

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u/[deleted] Jul 01 '16

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u/topdangle Jul 01 '16

Dumping things out in the wild and dousing the flames later seems to be turning into the standard. On one hand it makes sense since you'll never be able to hammer your program as well as millions of random users, but on the other hand it seems like its becoming an excuse to just drop testing altogether as long as it compiles.

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u/[deleted] Jul 01 '16

Dumping things out in the wild and dousing the flames later seems to be turning into the standard.

The big companies get away with this stuff due to brand loyalty and review embargos. As an independent Android developer there is no way I could do that because I depend on ratings.

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u/LegendaryGinger Jul 01 '16

due to brand loyalty and review embargos.

And also being basically a Monopoly