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12:47 PM

ISSUE 5837: ISSUE 5828 NOT YET RESOLVED.
ISSUE 5828: ISSUE 5770 NOT YET RESOLVED.
ISSUE 5770: ISSUE 5528 NOT YET RESOLVED.
ISSUE 5528: ...

Carcer

@doppelgreener pls no

the most fun cases are when two ticketing systems enter a persistent loop and keep responding to each other's automatic messages by opening new tickets

doppelgreener

oh my god lol

i never realised i could do that, but i totally could

that's incredible

Carcer

yeah it's hilarious until one of the ticketing systems is your job and you have to make it stop before the email deluge breaks everything

BESW

user15026

1:53 PM

@doppelgreener this is how it feels it goes with my work and one of the dsl providers we use...

Derpy

3:07 PM

@doppelgreener there was a [redacted] mvp I once had to work with.... He wrote software specs like this.

> this change will modify the behavior described in the doc XY § 3.5.23 by changing the third word to "or" instead of "and"

so, instead of having a description of the current behavior, you had a chain of unclear descriptions of the changes that where made.

doppelgreener

3:32 PM

@Derpy oh no, that sounds horrid

that describes neither the original behaviour nor the new behaviour, just basically implies a diff

that's hardly a software spec at all

i daresay it isn't a spec

Derpy

3:42 PM

@doppelgreener exactly.

and when the chain grew... you had a dif that changed a dif that changed a dif that changed the original document.

Completely unreadable.

Carcer

this is what version control is for

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KorvinStarmast

9:24 PM

@Derpy glad to be of help, however slight. :)

V2Blast

9:38 PM

New blog post:

Scripting the Future of Stack Overflow

Prashanth Chandrasekar on January 21, 2020

As we enter a new decade, there are tremendous forces converging—cloud computing, big data, AI, ML, and an increasingly diverse group of young coders from around the world. Every day, millions of developers visit Stack Overflow to find information they need as they push these exciting new technologies forward. There has been a massive shift since my days as a computer engineering graduate. I was fascinated by the power of languages like Perl, but had only my teachers, classmates, and a few small web forums and mailing lists as a community to support my learning. The numbers below really put into perspective the impact that our community generates and the opportunities that lie ahead: …

MSE feedback post here:

Q: "Scripting the Future of Stack" blog post discussion on MSO

Our CEO just posted a blog post to kick off 2020 and reflect on his first 90 days. You can see his blog post here and his MSO post here. Please follow the second link to engage with him and the team about his post on MSO. If you don't have a Stack Overflow account or enough reputation to post ...

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and MSO:

Q: CEO's 2020 Kickoff Blog: Where do you see Stack Overflow going?

Hello members of the Meta community - I wanted to share the blog post I wrote to kick off 2020 and reflect on my first 90 days at the company. It’s intended for a wide audience, the tens of millions of people we serve, but also because I know you all want to hear directly from me. My style is to ...