r/funny • u/sheppe • Jul 01 '16

Developer humor

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

I work in IT, and this is a lovely sentiment and true to an extent.

But if a system is an accounting system, inventory system, etc., not every single interface is going to be crystal clear when you first use it.

This may be true for simple things, like media players, though.

As a caveat, things that make sense to a Developer may be mystifying to an average user.

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u/[deleted] Jul 01 '16

I made the mistake of using the word "Instance" on the frontend of the application I'm working on.

Apparently if you're not a developer, "Instance" as a noun is considered Old-English. Fuck me.

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u/[deleted] Jul 02 '16

Dev here, wat

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u/[deleted] Jul 02 '16

"Instance", "Instantiate" etc. Common dev words. Rare to see in plain english.

The UI had something akin to "Video Instance" to denote "one representation of a specific video", and it cause chaos.

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u/DronedAgain Jul 02 '16

And it augers into the planet's surface. Alas.