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[-] x00z@lemmy.world 92 points 1 day ago

For developers in similar situations, where the corporate overlords make your life miserable; use dead man's triggers Instead of a simple killswitch: manually start handling certificates, introduce memory leaks that you can easily clear, have excessive disk filling logs that you can daily clear, and all kinds of other stuff that is a perpetual dumpster fire that you extinguish as part of your job. Oh, and don't forget to forget commenting and documenting. The next developer should instantly learn the pressure they have been putting on you.

[-] peoplebeproblems@midwest.social 45 points 23 hours ago

Errr

That's EXACTLY why I did that in the past. It wasn't an accident at all. Nope. It was future proofing my job. Completely intentional.

[-] quick_snail@feddit.nl 2 points 14 hours ago
[-] mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 8 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

yes, you're right, we should always bend over and spread our cheeks to appease our corporate overlords no matter the situation

[-] quick_snail@feddit.nl 2 points 5 hours ago

He's an asshole to the Dev that is hired to cleanup his mess, not to the evil company

[-] x00z@lemmy.world 22 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

I have been burned out by project managers way too hard to have any respect for the capitalist tech world. I have more than 15 years of programming experience yet I'm literally looking for a job on a farm or warehouse.

[-] chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 21 hours ago

I'd like to imagine countless instances of this that we never hear about because there just isn't anything concrete to write a news article about

[-] x00z@lemmy.world 6 points 11 hours ago

Well the guy from the article is named David Lu and added a function with the name IsDLEnabledinAD. That by itself deserves an article.

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