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Showerthoughts

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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.

Here are some examples to inspire your own showerthoughts:

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Especially when it comes to business. I just got off of a meeting with a company that focuses on “monetizing the user experience journey” and the amount of jargon that was used just left me yearning to go tend a field instead.

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[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 11 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

Try reading "Enterprise Level" code

It's factories all the way down

[–] otacon239@lemmy.world 10 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

I don’t know how professional developers do it. My head starts spinning as soon as my files or functions go more than 2 or 3 layers deep.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 13 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

Proper abstractions should make code more legible, not less. Sadly, most of the code I read both professionally and for fun does not follow this practice.

Code is for other humans to read. The fact that it can compile into something runnable on a computer is secondary.

[–] Zikeji@programming.dev 6 points 17 hours ago

I like to tell my juniors "readable code is maintainable code". 9 out of 10 times a comment could instead just be choosing better names.

[–] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 3 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Funny someone downvoted you - clearly they've never dealt with something un- or poorly documented.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 5 points 16 hours ago

Oh, that's just some cunt null@piefed.nullspace.lol who stalks me and downvotes all of my comments.