• Diabolo96@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      10 months ago

      You could make the memes manually, or like a true programmer spend several hours if not days making a script that make them for you.

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        Yeah, I’ve seen the type… had a colleague in uni like that. And it’s not like he’s gonna need it for something else, but why spend an hour making them when he could spend 5 hours making the script to generate them in 1 second.

        If this is how true programmers think, I’m sorry, I’m not a true programmer then 🤷.

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          I meant it as a joke, but the way I see it is as a “fast” and fun exercise where their’s no pressure and the only judge is yourself. It’s more about coding something for the fun of it.

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            I understand the logic, but this really seems like a complete waste of time. I’d rather spend that time coding something really useful than coding that.

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          When you have to do something once, do it manually, when you need to do it more often, script/code it.

          Oh, and coding is much more fun then manual labour.

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            10 months ago

            Depends for who… I also enjoy welding and woodworking. It’s not always about the end product, it’s about the journey.

            And 12 times is not that much. I mean, it’s not like I’m gonna make another one next year.

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          I’ve been guilty of this… I justify it in my head by saying:

          it took me 5 hours to automate a 1-hr manual task, but hey, with this practice maybe next time I’ll get it done in 4 hours, then 3, and so on until I can do it in less time than the manual task would take.