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I actually got in trouble with my boss once for that...Quote, "Your code is too easy to understand. This is not good as management won't need you later to fix it". I left that job about 6 months later and got a better one. 
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Totally agree - ask anyone that's ever written any assembler code
"I didn't mention the bats - he'd see them soon enough" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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I once had a boss that was hemming and hawing about a decision. Finally, after I got tired of waiting, I asked, "well, why not?" Since no good reason could be found I was given the OK. Maybe you should take that approach - "Why not?"
"They have a consciousness, they have a life, they have a soul! Damn you! Let the rabbits wear glasses! Save our brothers! Can I get an amen?"
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The main problem is that nobody wants to take on the task of implementing it in the apps they're responsible for. We have four devs on one (web) app, and the remaining six devs split their time among the other 11 apps. I am the lead on the team of four. My team is ready to jump on it, the other guys, not so much, because it means they'd have to actually do some work. The prospect of testing is what turns them off the most, I think, because implementation seems dead easy.
In short, despite the need, nobody wants to put in the time.
I think another problem is that they feel like I'm making them look bad by taking initiative where they wouldn't.
I had a friend way back in the 70's that was in the Marines, who liked to say, "In the absence of other orders, attack."
That's how I do it.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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Yes, I can see that being a problem. I am the same way - I seem to be much more proactive than others. I think it's mostly because I prefer to address issues before they become problems because there seems to always be enough problems to deal with.
"They have a consciousness, they have a life, they have a soul! Damn you! Let the rabbits wear glasses! Save our brothers! Can I get an amen?"
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"I didn't mention the bats - he'd see them soon enough" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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I too have an aversion to having to "tweak" anything when moving between environments. I use a method that involves only one line of code, inserting the IIS instance ID into the connection string name. Then I code all the (encrypted) connection strings in config, but with names that include the instance ID. I use a similar method to include a visual cue as to which environment is which on the webpage (e.g. different background colour, and/or a text reminder in top-right of all screens). I was going to include the code to do this but it's the lounge after all. For more, see this tip[^] I wrote a while back. Using it for config strings is exactly the same concept and just as easy.
Of course if you're not running under IIS then you need some other unique environment indicator...
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Hi All,
I said the infamous phrase 'I know a bit about that' at a standup (or sit down, as I always do to be awkward). So that has promoted me to Fibre Optic expert who knows all the connectors, bend radius, data rate and most scary a fusion welder. What I meant was I have used fibre optics in the past for serial data lines and have laid them in existing trunking. They were expecting Autocad designs of trunking that could be built! Warning for new players! 
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Could never happen to me. There is not a snowballs chance in hell that I would volunteer ANY information about what I can an cannot do. That can ONLY lead to more work. 
The only possibilty of hearing me volunteer for something is when the issue has already - irrevocably - been assigned to somebody else!!! 
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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Never argue with a fool. Onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.
Mark Twain
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Johnny J. wrote: That can ONLY lead to more work
Or your boss realizing you have value. 
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New contractor trying to make a good impression, with the task I was assigned complete faster than they were thinking...
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Oh my ... a fusion welder ...  I can help with that as I had a lot of practice with it while doing some fibre optic research many moons ago. This was fun ... But, Autocad design of trunking is not my cup of tea, I must admit ...
modified 2-Mar-21 9:26am.
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Haven't seen it yet, sounds like a prop from Star Trek, "Scotty, put that Trible down and get the fusion welder"!
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sounds futuristic indeed ...
modified 2-Mar-21 9:44am.
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Where I worked in the late 90s I became the go-to person for custom serial cables.
That's about the limit of my ability to do hardware work.
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I have often stated, "a little bit of knowledge can be a dangerous thing." It has a related corollary, "what ever you do, don't admit to having what ever little bit of knowledge you have." That's where the danger comes in as you found out.
"They have a consciousness, they have a life, they have a soul! Damn you! Let the rabbits wear glasses! Save our brothers! Can I get an amen?"
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Don't be the person who knows who how to get thing A talking to thing B if you are not on the project, You are hounded to death by other teams, who can't be bothered to read the document you wrote on thing A talking to thing B as they 'just don't have time' to waste (by that reasoning you are merely playing minesweeper and nothing else)  .
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Yes, I've been there too. It's very, very annoying.
"They have a consciousness, they have a life, they have a soul! Damn you! Let the rabbits wear glasses! Save our brothers! Can I get an amen?"
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Hear granny's legs the wrong way around? (11)
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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"WITH 'ER SHINS" I suspect. But only after you pointed it out ... I completely missed the "LEGS"-"SHINS" connection. 
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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I think the "hear" part makes it a Homophone indicator, so it may be the other spelling. I quickly searched, "withershins" is the "opposite", whereas the other spelling is "wrong way around".
I don't want to swoop on this as I think Greg did all the hard work.
edit:
Ignore me, answer got posted while I was typing.
// TODO: Insert something here Top ten reasons why I'm lazy
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Yep. I'd also accept WIDDERSHINS (widow...)
Have a free gift of Wednesday!
Cheers,
Peter
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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Let's say you had a genie in a bottle that could make your daily developer life slightly better. What would it be?
I think about this a regularly and it's not necessarily things like "A better IDE" or "a faster computer". Often it's things like
- A TODO list that thinks like I do
- A means of managing source code reviews simply
- A set of templates that actually work
- Something that will scan my setup & tool/component versions and fix it all up (Python, for example, is a nightmare)
- Something that will actually help solve those Nuget / .NET DLL reference issues
- A way to emergency fix my code using my phone (hey - sometimes I break things properly and I'm not near a computer when the screaming starts)
- Something that warns me when a package I'm including (pip, npm, Nuget) has an issue (security, use of a bad library, deprecated soon etc) without needing to do anything (I want a popup notification)
I could go on, but I'd love to hear your wish lists.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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