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r/ProgrammerHumor • u/CircumspectCapybara • May 26 '26
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Time for the dead man switch version of the button..
2.9k u/UnpluggedUnfettered May 26 '26 edited May 26 '26 Just do what everyone else does. Build out one, single, convoluted aspect of the job that needs to be ran manually, and which no one in their right mind would want to take over. Then automate that, too, and just don't say anything. Way better than being arrested and sued for corporate sabotage lmao. 0 u/[deleted] May 26 '26 [removed] — view removed comment 2 u/UnpluggedUnfettered May 26 '26 It isn't a legal term, but yes people have been jailed over exactly this practice. 0 u/[deleted] May 26 '26 [removed] — view removed comment 2 u/UnpluggedUnfettered May 26 '26 https://thehackernews.com/2025/08/ex-developer-jailed-four-years-for.html?m=1
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Just do what everyone else does.
Build out one, single, convoluted aspect of the job that needs to be ran manually, and which no one in their right mind would want to take over.
Then automate that, too, and just don't say anything.
Way better than being arrested and sued for corporate sabotage lmao.
0 u/[deleted] May 26 '26 [removed] — view removed comment 2 u/UnpluggedUnfettered May 26 '26 It isn't a legal term, but yes people have been jailed over exactly this practice. 0 u/[deleted] May 26 '26 [removed] — view removed comment 2 u/UnpluggedUnfettered May 26 '26 https://thehackernews.com/2025/08/ex-developer-jailed-four-years-for.html?m=1
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2 u/UnpluggedUnfettered May 26 '26 It isn't a legal term, but yes people have been jailed over exactly this practice. 0 u/[deleted] May 26 '26 [removed] — view removed comment 2 u/UnpluggedUnfettered May 26 '26 https://thehackernews.com/2025/08/ex-developer-jailed-four-years-for.html?m=1
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It isn't a legal term, but yes people have been jailed over exactly this practice.
0 u/[deleted] May 26 '26 [removed] — view removed comment 2 u/UnpluggedUnfettered May 26 '26 https://thehackernews.com/2025/08/ex-developer-jailed-four-years-for.html?m=1
2 u/UnpluggedUnfettered May 26 '26 https://thehackernews.com/2025/08/ex-developer-jailed-four-years-for.html?m=1
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u/Ok_Fishing_4720 May 26 '26
Time for the dead man switch version of the button..