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Programazing Jan 3 @ 9:00 PM EST

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Time for #DevDiscuss This week's topic: MISTAKES 😮 When did you mess up, be it bad tech choices, awful bugs, poor career choices, etc.

ThePracticalDev Jan 3 @ 9:02 PM EST

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zzzzBov Jan 3 @ 9:04 PM EST

If you haven't made 100 mistakes before noon, you're not writing code. #devdiscuss

ThePracticalDev Jan 3 @ 9:04 PM EST

So let's hear it. What mistakes have you made? When did you mess up? #devdiscuss

Nick_Craver Jan 3 @ 9:05 PM EST

I made many URLs in Stack Overflow protocol-relative. Technology changed and that decision required a ton of cleanup for HTTPS #DevDiscuss

ThePracticalDev Jan 3 @ 9:01 PM EST

Time for #DevDiscuss This week's topic: MISTAKES 😮 When did you mess up, be it bad tech choices, awful bugs, poor career choices, etc.

denniskeim Jan 3 @ 9:05 PM EST

Early mistake. When I decided to get a Sinclair Z-80 instead of spending a bit more on a Commodore computer. :) #devdiscuss

denniskeim Jan 3 @ 9:06 PM EST

Make that a Sinclair ZX-80. :) #devdiscuss

igormp Jan 3 @ 9:06 PM EST

Bitch pls, I'm flawless, my bugs are called "features" out there *tries to hide the mess under the carpet* #devdiscuss

In reply to @ThePracticalDev

Nick_Craver Jan 3 @ 9:07 PM EST

I also choose Silverlight as a platform so we could share our .NET classes with the client, right before it went into purgatory. #DevDiscuss

Programazing Jan 3 @ 9:07 PM EST

I thought https://t.co/e87aw9FQqj and MVC were fads years ago.....#DevDiscuss

Nick_Craver Jan 3 @ 9:08 PM EST

I spent a lot of time building a feature called Teams for Stack Overflow before we said “WTF are we doing?” and changed course. #DevDiscuss

alexcameron89 Jan 3 @ 9:08 PM EST

"DELETE FROM _tablename_" #devdiscuss

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denniskeim Jan 3 @ 9:08 PM EST

I thought networking personal computers was a fad. #bigmistake :) #devdiscuss

_lamide_ Jan 3 @ 9:08 PM EST

I have the most embarrassing contributions to #DevDiscuss tonight. I'll just pim and continue my work.

dev_vine Jan 3 @ 9:09 PM EST

Not being more public. 8+ year dev but haven't been openly visible. Makes it hard to get hired. #devdiscuss

In reply to @ThePracticalDev

jessleenyc Jan 3 @ 9:10 PM EST

oh no! Was everything ok?? I've heard some brutal stories with that happening to people. #devdiscuss

In reply to @farrarrfa

Nick_Craver Jan 3 @ 9:10 PM EST

I upgraded a computer to Windows 10 once. That’s up there on my list of tech regrets. #DevDiscuss

bendhalpern Jan 3 @ 9:10 PM EST

I picked up coding at a really young age, but basically stopped altogether for years at a time. No regrets, but was a mistake #DevDiscuss

ThePracticalDev Jan 3 @ 9:04 PM EST

So let's hear it. What mistakes have you made? When did you mess up? #devdiscuss

KathyApplebaum Jan 3 @ 9:10 PM EST

#devdiscuss Worst career choice was leaving programming in the 80s. Glad to be back in it.

tremendous3 Jan 3 @ 9:10 PM EST

After switching from subversion to git, I merged the wrong direction (a few times) and there was hell to pay later #DevDiscuss

Programazing Jan 3 @ 9:10 PM EST

This. I'm still working on making myself more public. In fact I probably should go write a blog post. #DevDiscuss

dev_vine Jan 3 @ 9:09 PM EST

Not being more public. 8+ year dev but haven't been openly visible. Makes it hard to get hired. #devdiscuss
In reply to @ThePracticalDev

acemarke Jan 3 @ 9:10 PM EST

#devdiscuss My "best" bug was six hours of debugging to change the case of a single letter. Story: https://t.co/iichKG607p

In reply to @ThePracticalDev

nitish_dayal Jan 3 @ 9:11 PM EST

Letting myself become overly opinionated about topics I didn't know enough about. Step off the hype train, learn fundamentals. #devdiscuss

gumnos Jan 3 @ 9:11 PM EST

Jr. me conceded project quality to save corporate face w/ customer. Sr. me works w/ cust for quality/delight. 💯 #devdiscuss

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arthursmith Jan 3 @ 9:12 PM EST

rm -rf /* instead of ./* - that was a bad one to run as root :) #devdiscuss

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radicalrafi Jan 3 @ 9:13 PM EST

#devdiscuss

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bendhalpern Jan 3 @ 9:13 PM EST

I got into React Native really early and got mega burnt out trying to work through the early hiccups of the platform #DevDiscuss

ThePracticalDev Jan 3 @ 9:04 PM EST

So let's hear it. What mistakes have you made? When did you mess up? #devdiscuss

tremendous3 Jan 3 @ 9:13 PM EST

Hard to find mistake. In #java I used =+ instead of += for a calculation. Took a 2 hours to locate. Clearly I had no unit tests. #DevDiscuss

dev_vine Jan 3 @ 9:13 PM EST

Beyond that, I mess up/make mistakes daily, but that's not bad b/c that's how you learn. #devdiscuss

In reply to @ThePracticalDev

Nick_Craver Jan 3 @ 9:13 PM EST

Teams: we looked back & realized we didn’t know what we were building. When people asked, we didn’t have a good answer either. #DevDiscuss

radicalrafi Jan 3 @ 9:14 PM EST

#DevDiscuss letting imposter syndrome take over and trying to learn Javascript and all it's framework

In reply to @ThePracticalDev

denniskeim Jan 3 @ 9:15 PM EST

Not learning Smalltalk when I first had the opportunity to do so. Windows 3.x era. #devdiscuss

TonyTalksTech Jan 3 @ 9:15 PM EST

stuck to what I was comfortable with tech-wise for the first 4ish years of my career. Siloed myself. #DevDiscuss

In reply to @ThePracticalDev

DugasPhilibert Jan 3 @ 9:15 PM EST

I put the beta version of Kubernetes in production, back when it was still unreliable. Got my share of pagerduty after 😶 #DevDiscuss

ThePracticalDev Jan 3 @ 9:01 PM EST

Time for #DevDiscuss This week's topic: MISTAKES 😮 When did you mess up, be it bad tech choices, awful bugs, poor career choices, etc.

kellyjandrews Jan 3 @ 9:15 PM EST

There is one time, when I was just learning how to work with a .net codebase, and everything felt foreign to me at first. #DevDiscuss

ThePracticalDev Jan 3 @ 9:04 PM EST

So let's hear it. What mistakes have you made? When did you mess up? #devdiscuss

gumnos Jan 3 @ 9:15 PM EST

almost let former employer convince me the web was a fad and they didn't need to migrate thick-client to web. #devdiscuss

In reply to @ThePracticalDev

kellyjandrews Jan 3 @ 9:16 PM EST

I was trying to make a simple change by doing a quick CTRL+F #DevDiscuss

dubya_brian Jan 3 @ 9:17 PM EST

#devdiscuss Generally speaking, being dismissive of things I didn't take time to fully understand

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_lamide_ Jan 3 @ 9:17 PM EST

I once did (as root) `rm -rf tmp /` instead of `rm -rf tmp/` on a Friday afternoon. Painful weekend #DevDiscuss

gumnos Jan 3 @ 9:17 PM EST

Ended up losing the job in the fight, but much better off now (as $COMPANY struggles to webify 10yr later…) #devdiscuss

In reply to @ThePracticalDev

radicalrafi Jan 3 @ 9:17 PM EST

nowadays I'm just using python and enjoying simplicity they didn't lie when they said KISS #DevDiscuss

In reply to @ThePracticalDev

kellyjandrews Jan 3 @ 9:17 PM EST

It was my first few at a e-commerce platform. Instead of actually pressing the two together, I dropped a stray "F" in the code. #DevDiscuss

roger_b_m Jan 3 @ 9:18 PM EST

After learning Java as my first oo language, I didn't embrace composition quickly enough, leading to ugly, complex abstractions #devdiscuss

In reply to @ThePracticalDev

Nick_Craver Jan 3 @ 9:18 PM EST

Teams: We learned a lot from that mistake, in process. We re-shaped how we plan major new features after that failure. #DevDiscuss

themikewheaton Jan 3 @ 9:18 PM EST

Confusing knowledge with ability. Thinking that others who knew more than me would always know more. #DevDiscuss

tkeeney Jan 3 @ 9:18 PM EST

crippled client’s ecom site by creating infinite category tree after running sql update in PROD DB sans testing #DevDiscuss

kellyjandrews Jan 3 @ 9:18 PM EST

Site failed to compile, brought everything to a grinding halt, I had no idea and left for the day. #DevDiscuss

ecnepsnai Jan 3 @ 9:18 PM EST

I spent about three months working on a new feature, only to have it scrapped and completely done over a second time. #DevDiscuss

Nick_Craver Jan 3 @ 9:19 PM EST

Teams: what you know what? We did something. We tried. We failed. We learned some good and some bad things. We're better for it. #DevDiscuss

__biancat Jan 3 @ 9:19 PM EST

I once named a class "UITableCellCustom" DONT @ ME This is the worst thing I will admit that @nealyoung won't let me forget #devdiscuss

ThePracticalDev Jan 3 @ 9:04 PM EST

So let's hear it. What mistakes have you made? When did you mess up? #devdiscuss

radicalrafi Jan 3 @ 9:19 PM EST

every single University CS course should have a vcs either git or svn it's as crucial as car brakes #DevDiscuss

In reply to @JTRipoff, @ThePracticalDev

_lamide_ Jan 3 @ 9:20 PM EST

Haha! One time I forgot the "where" clause when testing SQL to a user table. I cried for hours #DevDiscuss

kellyjandrews Jan 3 @ 9:20 PM EST

I was mortified the next day. Needless to say, when I do any finding, I'm extra careful now to mind my keystrokes. #DevDiscuss

denniskeim Jan 3 @ 9:20 PM EST

edlin. :) #devdiscuss

ianhilt Jan 3 @ 9:20 PM EST

mixed up dev and prod and deleted prod....on go live day. #devdiscuss

In reply to @ThePracticalDev

roger_b_m Jan 3 @ 9:20 PM EST

I thought Hungarian notation was cool for at least a week #devdiscuss

In reply to @ThePracticalDev

Nick_Craver Jan 3 @ 9:20 PM EST

Teams: You know what? We did something. We tried. We failed. We learned some good things & some bad things. We're better for it. #DevDiscuss

gumnos Jan 3 @ 9:21 PM EST

I try to make *new* mistakes instead of repeating ones others have made, learning from *all* of 'em. #devdiscuss

In reply to @dev_vine, @ThePracticalDev

arggrande Jan 3 @ 9:21 PM EST

i once made a stored procedure that did an update... without a where clause. #devdiscuss

ThePracticalDev Jan 3 @ 9:04 PM EST

So let's hear it. What mistakes have you made? When did you mess up? #devdiscuss

MalthanisMMO Jan 3 @ 9:21 PM EST

Post-dated a SQL maintenance job. Didn't realize that it would run ASAP. Had to spend the next week manually scrubbing data. #DevDiscuss

kellyjandrews Jan 3 @ 9:21 PM EST

Another great starter mistake, just out of design school with a new awesome degree, ready to win at the world. #DevDiscuss

dev_vine Jan 3 @ 9:22 PM EST

Can build != should build. Have to constantly learn/re-learn that one. Too easy to just run w/o asking ?'s first. #devdiscuss

In reply to @Nick_Craver

Nick_Craver Jan 3 @ 9:22 PM EST

Teams wasn’t a waste. Dapper even got new features to support some database models, etc. Knowledge is a perfectly valid result. #DevDiscuss

HussainiZul Jan 3 @ 9:22 PM EST

Too ambitious on front-end framework during project kickstart while in the end using jQuery #DevDiscuss

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TonyTalksTech Jan 3 @ 9:22 PM EST

1. clicked the "Prod Deploy" accidentally in TFS. Canceled in a panic. Didn't realize it put up... #DevDiscuss

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kellyjandrews Jan 3 @ 9:23 PM EST

Took me ~4 reprints of postcards to spell "architecture" correctly. I worked, at an ARCHITECTURE company. #DevDiscuss

nilixblue Jan 3 @ 9:23 PM EST

Let me tell you about this Operating System called Linux... I don't even know where to begin because I don't know how it broke. #DevDiscuss

ThePracticalDev Jan 3 @ 9:04 PM EST

So let's hear it. What mistakes have you made? When did you mess up? #devdiscuss

TonyTalksTech Jan 3 @ 9:23 PM EST

2. A maintenance page that only got pulled down upon completion of job. Site was down for 27 hrs. Oops. #DevDiscuss

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Nick_Craver Jan 3 @ 9:23 PM EST

You know what would have been worse than failing? Doing nothing. And learning nothing. And getting nowhere. #DevDiscuss

dev_vine Jan 3 @ 9:24 PM EST

That's the ticket right there. A failure is only truly a failure if you fail to learn from failure. #FailureToFail #devdiscuss

In reply to @Nick_Craver

jxpx777 Jan 3 @ 9:24 PM EST

I wasn’t self-taught as a kid, but picked up a lot in my 20′s *Then* got degree. Lots of conflict with profs bc I argued, defied #DevDiscuss

dnldd Jan 3 @ 9:24 PM EST

made a mess of an exp. back-off implementation at client-side, deployed it & DDOS'd the server 😞. #DevDiscuss

In reply to @ThePracticalDev

roger_b_m Jan 3 @ 9:25 PM EST

#devdiscuss my worst one was not telling other devs with more exp w/ the stack than I had their love of v0.0.x libs would bite us (it did)

denniskeim Jan 3 @ 9:25 PM EST

Discovering and disclosing a virus infection at a university lab. Then being accused of causing it. #nogooddeedgoesunpunished #devdiscuss

radicalrafi Jan 3 @ 9:25 PM EST

well you should consider yourself lucky... #DevDiscuss

In reply to @arthursmith, @ThePracticalDev

venikunche Jan 3 @ 9:26 PM EST

#DevDiscuss I waited too long for Angular 2 to release when I should have just used Angular 1 for a project.

kellyjandrews Jan 3 @ 9:26 PM EST

Once, I had a huge, HUGE, deal I was prepping a sales doc for, all kinds of awesome stuff and designed perfectly on InDesign #DevDiscuss

kellyjandrews Jan 3 @ 9:27 PM EST

Stayed up all night polishing it, and about 90 minutes prior to it being due, InDesign crashed - because Adobe. #DevDiscuss

kellyjandrews Jan 3 @ 9:27 PM EST

I'll just restore from - crap - 23 hours ago..... Always goes better the second time, right? #DevDiscuss

kellyjandrews Jan 3 @ 9:28 PM EST

This, is by far, fantastic. #DevDiscuss

In reply to @roger_b_m

bendhalpern Jan 3 @ 9:28 PM EST

agh, that's a really frustrating spot to find yourself in, though #devdiscuss

In reply to @venikunche

__biancat Jan 3 @ 9:30 PM EST

Oh also in the beginning I did a lot of if (toggleBool) { toggleBool = false; } else { toggleBool = true; } #devdiscuss

ThePracticalDev Jan 3 @ 9:04 PM EST

So let's hear it. What mistakes have you made? When did you mess up? #devdiscuss

KardOnIce Jan 3 @ 9:30 PM EST

#DevDiscuss His public information says he graduated in 2014? What's the probability this is actually a real story?

In reply to @ecnepsnai, @_lamide_

_lamide_ Jan 3 @ 9:30 PM EST

If I start tweeting my Dev blunders, lol you'll cry for me #DevDiscuss

jrl_iv Jan 3 @ 9:32 PM EST

I bombed a technical job interview in 2012 and gave up on being a developer. #devdiscuss

_d155_a715_f1ed Jan 3 @ 9:33 PM EST

#devdiscuss failed to validate an incoming vendor file; when they sent us junk for 3 days my code ignored it.

In reply to @ThePracticalDev

kellyjandrews Jan 3 @ 9:33 PM EST

I mean, who hasn't published some code that updated React state in componentWillUpdate()? #DevDiscuss

nilixblue Jan 3 @ 9:33 PM EST

There was a time I spent a week trying to figure out how to make a Websocket server in Construct 2 to connect to Twitch. #DevDiscuss

_d155_a715_f1ed Jan 3 @ 9:33 PM EST

#devdiscuss so the missed updates were not noted until a week+ later.

In reply to @ThePracticalDev

_lamide_ Jan 3 @ 9:33 PM EST

One time I left a really obscene text instead of "lorem ipsum" and I totally forgot till the website went live. 😭😭😭😭😭 #DevDiscuss

dev_vine Jan 3 @ 9:34 PM EST

This is great! We need to learn the questions to ask before looking for the answers. #devdiscuss

In reply to @nitish_dayal

dev_vine Jan 3 @ 9:34 PM EST

The strongest framework will fail when set on a shaky foundation. #devdiscuss

nitish_dayal Jan 3 @ 9:11 PM EST

Letting myself become overly opinionated about topics I didn't know enough about. Step off the hype train, learn fundamentals. #devdiscuss

kellyjandrews Jan 3 @ 9:35 PM EST

I was a little new to mac's, and was getting tired of always putting in my admin password. #DevDiscuss

kellyjandrews Jan 3 @ 9:35 PM EST

Pro Tip: Don't forcibly change the permissions from the HD down. Scary things can't be unseen #DevDiscuss

johnderrdotnet Jan 3 @ 9:35 PM EST

I once misused a bulk email api, sent out a few hundred thousand emails instead of a few throusand. RTFM is real people #devdiscuss

nilixblue Jan 3 @ 9:35 PM EST

A week later, I woke up sweating (srsly) and thought "wait, shouldn't I be trying to connect TO a server than making one?" #DevDiscuss

jrl_iv Jan 3 @ 9:36 PM EST

I settled for help desk analyst jobs and didn't read or touch a piece of code until last year. #devdiscuss

castillobgr Jan 3 @ 9:36 PM EST

#devdiscuss published a test version of an Android App to the Play Store

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MightyPupil Jan 3 @ 9:37 PM EST

pursued a career in computer #devdiscuss

ThePracticalDev Jan 3 @ 9:04 PM EST

So let's hear it. What mistakes have you made? When did you mess up? #devdiscuss

Programazing Jan 3 @ 9:37 PM EST

One of my biggest mistakes has been not job hunting more aggressively. #DevDiscuss

MightyPupil Jan 3 @ 9:37 PM EST

spent free time thinking about, talking about, and being emotionally invested in computer #devdiscuss

ZackArgyle Jan 3 @ 9:39 PM EST

I never got my CS minor because I once typed rm -rf ~ Deleted my final project and lots of other stuff. 😭 #devdiscuss

nilixblue Jan 3 @ 9:39 PM EST

Three hours later, I successfully had a setup that allows you to make original "Twitch Plays" games in Construct 2. #DevDiscuss

denniskeim Jan 3 @ 9:40 PM EST

Letting the twists and turns of early CSS development put me off it. #devdiscuss

leesdolphin Jan 3 @ 9:41 PM EST

One of my biggest mistakes was failing to understand when a chosen tool is wrong for the job & failing to stand up for myself #DevDiscuss

CarlBrwn Jan 3 @ 9:42 PM EST

Once compared two time_t's in perl as strings instead of numbers. Worked fine for 15+ months, then failed spectacularly. #DevDiscuss

ZackArgyle Jan 3 @ 9:42 PM EST

I never got my CS minor because I once typed rm -rf ~ Deleted my final project and lots of other stuff. 😭 #devdiscuss

ThePracticalDev Jan 3 @ 9:04 PM EST

So let's hear it. What mistakes have you made? When did you mess up? #devdiscuss

chipoglesby Jan 3 @ 9:42 PM EST

I tried a "quick fix" on a Wordpress wp-config.php file. Took down an entire site and got locked out. No FTP creds either. #devdiscuss

kellyjandrews Jan 3 @ 9:43 PM EST

*GASP* I haven't even gotten to my word press eff-ups #DevDiscuss

In reply to @chipoglesby

kellyjandrews Jan 3 @ 9:44 PM EST

I hated everything about working on WP except the money. #DevDiscuss

In reply to @chipoglesby

roger_b_m Jan 3 @ 9:45 PM EST

#devdiscuss maybe we can have a child discussion: tech tricks you learned the hard way that save your butt. I can start if there's interest.

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robmurrer Jan 3 @ 9:45 PM EST

Developing against bleeding edge closed third party API is a dangerous game. #devdiscuss

ThePracticalDev Jan 3 @ 9:04 PM EST

So let's hear it. What mistakes have you made? When did you mess up? #devdiscuss

IBeRenascent Jan 3 @ 9:45 PM EST

Choice paralysis with deciding what new framework to learn instead of improving my fundamentals and adapting #devdiscuss

In reply to @ThePracticalDev

nilixblue Jan 3 @ 9:45 PM EST

Moral of story: Understand the basics of what things are and what you need to make/do before wasting time on the wrong things. #DevDiscuss

kellyjandrews Jan 3 @ 9:45 PM EST

One time - I tried DotNetNuke. I didn't like it so I tried Joomla. #DevDiscuss

kellyjandrews Jan 3 @ 9:46 PM EST

Gave up and went to Drupal instead.... #DevDiscuss

Maj_variola Jan 3 @ 9:47 PM EST

#DevDiscuss Invent #drinking #game wherein following count: coder, cloud, reactive, UML, design pattern, sprint, agile, anything.js

dev_vine Jan 3 @ 9:48 PM EST

Allowed myself to stagnate w/ too much heads down work for too long. Always develop... personally #devdiscuss

In reply to @ThePracticalDev

__biancat Jan 3 @ 9:48 PM EST

!! This is me with interviews. "Should I learn about JS stuff or go over algorithms and CS?" #devdiscuss

IBeRenascent Jan 3 @ 9:45 PM EST

Choice paralysis with deciding what new framework to learn instead of improving my fundamentals and adapting #devdiscuss
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ModusOperandi Jan 3 @ 9:49 PM EST

copied and pasted jcl ispf templates without updating substitution variables, breaking our feature #devdiscuss

In reply to @ThePracticalDev

kellyjandrews Jan 3 @ 9:50 PM EST

Another webdev gig - completely deleted the web analytics folder because it didn't look important. #DevDiscuss

nitish_dayal Jan 3 @ 9:51 PM EST

~1yr into dev, biggest mistake has been not asking questions/for feedback. StackOverflow rage-based answers aren't encouraging. #devdiscuss

kellyjandrews Jan 3 @ 9:51 PM EST

Is there a good place to learn more about algorithms and CS? #DevDiscuss

In reply to @__biancat

venikunche Jan 3 @ 9:51 PM EST

On the last day of an internship, I deleted an essential table from a database. Learned to not work when sleep deprived 😴 #devdiscuss

chipoglesby Jan 3 @ 9:52 PM EST

I'd say that's the biggest roadblock to overcome. #devdiscuss.

In reply to @nitish_dayal

dev_vine Jan 3 @ 9:52 PM EST

Def a big issue in JS for sure. Fads come and go, but fundamentals are... well... fundamental. #devdiscuss

In reply to @IBeRenascent, @ThePracticalDev

kellyjandrews Jan 3 @ 9:53 PM EST

My actual internship was a mistake. The place built really bad sites, and ended up scanning crappy slides. #DevDiscuss

CarlBrwn Jan 3 @ 9:53 PM EST

.@gumnos Honestly, hardest part was reflexively denying fault based on time elapsed. Once I shut up & listened, it was quick. #DevDiscuss

In reply to @gumnos

j_speda Jan 3 @ 9:53 PM EST

Not majoring in CS in college bc I wasn't naturally adept at math. Ended up becoming a lawyer 😂 #devdiscuss

In reply to @ThePracticalDev

sujaykhandekar Jan 3 @ 9:53 PM EST

#devdiscuss a .gitignore file is pretty important after you've npm install'ed. Also, no one needs to see my editor's workspace files 😀

kellyjandrews Jan 3 @ 9:53 PM EST

And by bad, I mean "can that page play music when it loads" bad. #DevDiscuss

giveawayfavy Jan 3 @ 9:54 PM EST

#devdiscuss a .gitignore file is pretty important after you've npm install'ed. Also, no one needs to see my editor's workspace files

chipoglesby Jan 3 @ 9:54 PM EST

Ran up a tidy little bill because I left a 32 core 208 gb Google Compute Engine Cluster with a 600 GB SSD running for a few days #devdiscuss

__biancat Jan 3 @ 9:54 PM EST

More general though: Not writing enough READMEs and instructional notes to self thinking I'll remember how to do something later #devdiscuss

ThePracticalDev Jan 3 @ 9:04 PM EST

So let's hear it. What mistakes have you made? When did you mess up? #devdiscuss

dev_vine Jan 3 @ 9:54 PM EST

Working too long results in working wrong. It's tough when the deadline looms though. Good mgmt is key here. #devdiscuss

In reply to @venikunche

denniskeim Jan 3 @ 9:55 PM EST

This book may be of interest to those who want to learn CS basics on their own. https://t.co/wPgH68XKxB #devdiscuss

QuikliCodes Jan 3 @ 9:56 PM EST

Update table important_things set important_column = 'some stupid value intended for 1 row' Forgot the where clause. #devdiscuss

TonyTalksTech Jan 3 @ 9:56 PM EST

I've made SO SO SO MANY errors in @linqpad. Used it to write the correct code in the app. Scratch pads are 🔥 #DevDiscuss

In reply to @ThePracticalDev, @linqpad

__biancat Jan 3 @ 9:57 PM EST

More mistakes I've made in the past: Not taking the time to learn IDE keyboard shortcuts Not reading up on advanced git stuff #devdiscuss

ThePracticalDev Jan 3 @ 9:04 PM EST

So let's hear it. What mistakes have you made? When did you mess up? #devdiscuss

BunkyFob Jan 3 @ 9:57 PM EST

#devdiscuss I overrode safety locks and resubmitted a multi-million dollar credit card billing batch. Fortunately, I also wrote undo tools.

kellyjandrews Jan 3 @ 9:57 PM EST

One time I ate sushi from a gas station. Huge mistake. #DevDiscuss

dprvig Jan 3 @ 9:57 PM EST

I deleted a year old crontab because I typed -r instead of -e. After a day of recreating, we now store in git. #devdiscuss

In reply to @ThePracticalDev

jamesmk Jan 3 @ 9:58 PM EST

Moved most apps to a shiny docker+cloud CI without good container cache support. Increased all deploy times by 15. #DevDiscuss

dev_vine Jan 3 @ 9:59 PM EST

Trying to be clever instead of clear. I guess it was me trying to prove myself but ended up doing the opposite. #devdiscuss

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