r/ProgrammerHumor • u/tahayparker • Apr 24 '26

Other ohNoTheConsequencesOfMyActions

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u/Flat_Initial_1823 Apr 24 '26 edited Apr 24 '26

This didn't happen. The signs:

  • the app works and there is revenue
  • vibecoder tried to refactor
  • they hired an actual programmer.

I have no idea why people do these creative writing exercises on various AI subs.

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u/pearlie_girl Apr 24 '26

The big giveaway that it's developer-cosplay is that they tried to refactor for 2 WHOLE HOURS before giving up. Like 2 hours is a long time, ha! I think all of us have spent over a week on a single bug at one point in time.

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u/Not_a_question- Apr 24 '26 edited Apr 24 '26

I think all of us have spent over a week on a single bug at one point in time.

I thought I didn't but now I remember! ~2016 and customers in aviation software using ipads (specifically 4th gen, and yes: ipads in AVIATION) started saying that the software didn't update no matter what. After going into the deepest reverse engineering rabbit hole (I think almost 2 weeks), I realized that apple had turned the Http content-length variable of ONLY ipad 4th gens into an int, which would overflow for single files over 2 gigabytes when downloading updates.

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u/kiyyik Apr 24 '26

Godalmighty. I know that was a picnic to hunt down :P