I also blame search engines. I type like “python file open parameters” and I really just want the official docs. They’re not even on the first page of DDG.
6 Reddit threads, a bunch of YouTube videos of people with shocked faces (why are they surprised?), an AI summary that may discuss something related to your query or may talk about ways to get a snake to open its mouth, several articles, pretty much anything except the reference manual.
Yesterday, one of our new devs was struggling to get the page count of a word file in Python. I asked if he could just use an index from one of the existing libraries we’re using. He proceeded to search it on Bing and then waited for Copilot to generate slopcode at the top of the page. Shocked in horror, I asked, “Are you sure these are real functions?” He responded, I’m sure I can just copy and paste what I need. FML
I also blame search engines. I type like “python file open parameters” and I really just want the official docs. They’re not even on the first page of DDG.
6 Reddit threads, a bunch of YouTube videos of people with shocked faces (why are they surprised?), an AI summary that may discuss something related to your query or may talk about ways to get a snake to open its mouth, several articles, pretty much anything except the reference manual.
I think the next underground social network should be called “car insurance.”
Nobody would ever find it through a search engine.
THESE 10x DEV TRICKS WILL BLOW YOUR MIND!!!1!!1!1!1
Yesterday, one of our new devs was struggling to get the page count of a word file in Python. I asked if he could just use an index from one of the existing libraries we’re using. He proceeded to search it on Bing and then waited for Copilot to generate slopcode at the top of the page. Shocked in horror, I asked, “Are you sure these are real functions?” He responded, I’m sure I can just copy and paste what I need. FML