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The experience that made me hate programming, but that's all on me (lemmy.ml)
submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by MrOzwaldMan@lemmy.ml to c/programming@programming.dev
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Title before edit: I hate programming, why did i choose this field

TL;DR: Stupid mistake, made by hours waste.

Basically, I was extracting date from the SQL db, and it was not displaying. I tried everything, heck I even went to chatgpt, and copilot. Two and half hours of trying every single thing under the sun, you know what was the issue?

SELECT task, status, id FROM mainWorkSpace WHERE user_id = @user_id

I FUCKING FORGOT TO ADD 'date' TO THE DAMN QUERY. TWO AND HALF HOURS. I was like, "Ain't no way." as I scrolled up to the query and there it was, a slap in the face, and you know what was the fix?

SELECT task, status, date, id FROM mainWorkSpace WHERE user_id = @user_id

Moral of the story, don't become a programmer, become a professional cat herder instead.

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[–] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The best advice I can give to new developers is "question your assumptions".

"But I set that variable" - did you?

"It should default to 0" - is it?

Remember - if things were working as you think they are then your code would be working.

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 1 points 4 months ago

I have great colleagues who still bust out this kind of cross-examination when we're trying to figure out why my code is a bag of poo. I have some friends I've known 25 years who will do this, and it's every bit as annoying and infuriating as it's invaluable help.

[–] Redacted@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

You didn't add the date field to your query and couldn't work out why it didn't return the missing field for over 2 hours?

Perhaps SQL isn't for you as things get waaaaay more finicky than that.

[–] ArbiterXero@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

You’ve never made a silly mistake where you “can’t see the forest for the trees”?

It happens to the best of us

[–] Redacted@lemmy.world -1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Yes of course, but it's not the sort of thing I'd make a rant post criticising the entirety of programming about.

It's like going to a mathematics forum and declaring "Guyz I forgot to carry a 1, screw Maths."

[–] ArbiterXero@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Because developers are all logical and don’t EVER show anger at the systems they’re working on…. Hahahaha..

I mean I personally wouldn’t post about it, but I’d probably rant over lunch at my stupidity…

[–] Redacted@lemmy.world -1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

There's a difference between ranting to your coworkers at lunch about a stupid mistake and typing out a full rage essay.

Imagine the state of the sub if we all did that... Wait...

[–] BatmanAoD@programming.dev 1 points 4 months ago

This "full on rage essay" is nine sentences, including the tl;dr and the sentence fragments. There's really not a big difference between telling your coworkers a story like this and posting about it on social media.