Principal Programmer
@prince-ipaldev.bsky.social
I'm a principal programmer. A title given to me because they couldn't find anything else.
Our engineer has broken the api, insisting on making the code work to satisfy his unit tests.
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September 15, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Our engineer has broken the api, insisting on making the code work to satisfy his unit tests.
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Our engineer has just messaged me to tell me he's finished all his unit tests and has finally deployed.
I'm just composing my reply to tell him that its throwing an exception.
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I'm just composing my reply to tell him that its throwing an exception.
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August 26, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Our engineer has just messaged me to tell me he's finished all his unit tests and has finally deployed.
I'm just composing my reply to tell him that its throwing an exception.
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I'm just composing my reply to tell him that its throwing an exception.
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Modern #softwaredevelopment is just a series of cryptic one line teams messages #softwaredevelopers #devlife
July 25, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Modern #softwaredevelopment is just a series of cryptic one line teams messages #softwaredevelopers #devlife
Jim at work who has been off ill for 3 months has returned to work last week. I've been looking forward to speaking to him to ask how he is but he's on holiday for 2 weeks.
July 24, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Jim at work who has been off ill for 3 months has returned to work last week. I've been looking forward to speaking to him to ask how he is but he's on holiday for 2 weeks.
I'm having it written into my contract that if another dev says 'have you looked on stack overflow', I'm legally allowed to punch their face onto the other side of their head.
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June 25, 2025 at 10:26 PM
I'm having it written into my contract that if another dev says 'have you looked on stack overflow', I'm legally allowed to punch their face onto the other side of their head.
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June 10, 2025 at 9:07 AM
1367. The number of times I've forgotten the ! in if(string.IsNullOrEmpty(..
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June 4, 2025 at 3:24 PM
1367. The number of times I've forgotten the ! in if(string.IsNullOrEmpty(..
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Decided, after a few hours to not bother refactoring this old unfathomable pile and just add to it like everyone else.
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June 4, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Decided, after a few hours to not bother refactoring this old unfathomable pile and just add to it like everyone else.
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The project I'm working on with this new team has been indefinitely shelved. Which is something of a relief.
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June 1, 2025 at 10:13 AM
The project I'm working on with this new team has been indefinitely shelved. Which is something of a relief.
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May 7, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Wanted to give my new puppy a cool name from street fighter.
Today, I'm taking Ken to the vets for his shots.
Today, I'm taking Ken to the vets for his shots.
April 29, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Wanted to give my new puppy a cool name from street fighter.
Today, I'm taking Ken to the vets for his shots.
Today, I'm taking Ken to the vets for his shots.
If you use a mouse directly on your work desk without a mat, your a turd.
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April 23, 2025 at 8:53 PM
If you use a mouse directly on your work desk without a mat, your a turd.
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Whenever a team member posts a message that they have finished writing all the unit tests for whatever, I always reply, 'I feel your pain'.
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April 14, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Whenever a team member posts a message that they have finished writing all the unit tests for whatever, I always reply, 'I feel your pain'.
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Just messaged one of the devs.
'Hi Graham, what have you got on this morning'.
Ive had to take myself offline for the rest of the day!
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'Hi Graham, what have you got on this morning'.
Ive had to take myself offline for the rest of the day!
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March 28, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Just messaged one of the devs.
'Hi Graham, what have you got on this morning'.
Ive had to take myself offline for the rest of the day!
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'Hi Graham, what have you got on this morning'.
Ive had to take myself offline for the rest of the day!
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March 20, 2025 at 9:56 AM
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March 17, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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Tried posting a hilarious post on the dev teams channel.
No one got it.
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No one got it.
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March 14, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Tried posting a hilarious post on the dev teams channel.
No one got it.
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No one got it.
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There is something lower than working on migration utilities.
A migration api.
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A migration api.
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March 12, 2025 at 9:45 AM
There is something lower than working on migration utilities.
A migration api.
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A migration api.
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March 3, 2025 at 9:40 AM
The weekly office visit.
2 hours of commuting and 30 minutes of queuing behind female staff filling their water buckets.
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2 hours of commuting and 30 minutes of queuing behind female staff filling their water buckets.
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February 26, 2025 at 10:16 AM
The weekly office visit.
2 hours of commuting and 30 minutes of queuing behind female staff filling their water buckets.
#softwaredevelopers #softwaredevelopment #devlife
2 hours of commuting and 30 minutes of queuing behind female staff filling their water buckets.
#softwaredevelopers #softwaredevelopment #devlife
I'm running out of names for test assets in our UAT system.
I've done:
female staff names
male staff who've really pissed me off
characters in Bioshock
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I've done:
female staff names
male staff who've really pissed me off
characters in Bioshock
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February 12, 2025 at 1:55 PM
I'm running out of names for test assets in our UAT system.
I've done:
female staff names
male staff who've really pissed me off
characters in Bioshock
#softwaredevelopers #softwaredevelopment #devlife
I've done:
female staff names
male staff who've really pissed me off
characters in Bioshock
#softwaredevelopers #softwaredevelopment #devlife
Finally! Off the mind numbing tedium of writing apis and back on to some proper coding in the application UI.
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February 11, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Finally! Off the mind numbing tedium of writing apis and back on to some proper coding in the application UI.
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Test found a bug in our app. Fixed it and told them it was a server issue and i'd made an improvement to cater for this eventuality.
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January 30, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Test found a bug in our app. Fixed it and told them it was a server issue and i'd made an improvement to cater for this eventuality.
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January 23, 2025 at 9:44 AM