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Search - "simp code"
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A small bug is found.
Chad dev:
😎 *Exists*
> Writes a simple ad hoc solution in a few lines
> Self documenting code with constant run time
> No external dependencies needed
> Fixes the bug, easy to test and does not introduce any new issues
That guy nobody likes (AKA. regex simp coder):
🤡 'This can be "simplified" into oNE LiNe'
> Writes a long regex expression that has to line wrap the editor window several times
> Writes an essay in the comments to explain it's apparent brilliance to the peasant reader
> Exponential run time (bwahahah), excessive memory requirements
> Needs to import additional frameworks, requires more testing that will delay release schedule
> Also fixes bug but the software now needs 2x ram to run and is 3x slower
> Really puts the "simp" in simplified, but not the way you would expect22 -
Day #7, of turning into a Simp for Claude Code, yesterday it surprized me again.
I'm developing a Python-Qt6 GUI to help me run about 100 small scripts I generated and use sparecely...I know squat about Qt6 and the only python I ever did was FastAPI code.
So it generated the app, and I creeped as many features I could think on it, one of those was auto dark-mode setting (so I can feel like a grown up hacker)... of course it broke the UI.
The interesting part comes next: as I struggled trying to solve it myself, I asked it to create a test and try to solve the UI issue.
So it creates a Test Window, shows me and instructs me on how to test it, asking for my input, and solves the f UI issue.
Then it destroys the test code Just to show me who's the boss.4