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A wife tells her programmer husband: β€œGo to the store and buy a gallon of milk. If they have eggs, get six.”

He comes back with six gallons of milk. When she asks why, he replies: β€œThey had eggs".

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[–] jbrains@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Given the stereotypical difficulty of "product folks" and programmers agreeing on and building shared understanding of what to build, this joke seems clear and straightforward. It works because of course, the customer and the programmer failed to agree on something simple.

That is why we have spec docs, duh. /s