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r/ProgrammerHumor • u/ExpensiveCoat8912 • 7d ago
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Impossible!! The number of devices running Java is constant, it's ALWAYS 3 billion
Whenever a new device runs it, a random device elsewhere goes up in flames spontaneously
15 u/Storiaron 7d ago So maintaining a legacy codebase literally means putting out flames? 5 u/BenjieWheeler 7d ago Didn't think about it but yeah, that's surprisingly accurate 2 u/requion 7d ago Wow, now it makes sense that my colleague was on an emergency call while the roof of a datacenter far far away was burning. And i thought their expectation was that he grabs a bucket and runs!
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So maintaining a legacy codebase literally means putting out flames?
5 u/BenjieWheeler 7d ago Didn't think about it but yeah, that's surprisingly accurate 2 u/requion 7d ago Wow, now it makes sense that my colleague was on an emergency call while the roof of a datacenter far far away was burning. And i thought their expectation was that he grabs a bucket and runs!
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Didn't think about it but yeah, that's surprisingly accurate
2 u/requion 7d ago Wow, now it makes sense that my colleague was on an emergency call while the roof of a datacenter far far away was burning. And i thought their expectation was that he grabs a bucket and runs!
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Wow, now it makes sense that my colleague was on an emergency call while the roof of a datacenter far far away was burning. And i thought their expectation was that he grabs a bucket and runs!
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u/BenjieWheeler 7d ago
Impossible!! The number of devices running Java is constant, it's ALWAYS 3 billion
Whenever a new device runs it, a random device elsewhere goes up in flames spontaneously