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June 07, 2006
Sixteen Hints That Your Program Might be Buggy
As those of you who have read the blog know, I have a small start-up web application that I think is really cool. I'm still doing programming, management, and technology consulting, but I am also writing this program and doing user support. In the interest of sharing with you some of what I've learned, here are SIXTEEN HINTS THAT YOUR PROGRAM MIGHT BE BUGGY
- Your Last Sign-Up Was Put In The Witness Protection Program
- There Are People With Torches Outside Your Op Center
- Your Release Numbers Have Their Own Dewey Decimal System
- The Pope Makes An Appeal For You To Stop Programming
- They Burn Effigies Of You On The Nightly News
- Your Users Have Started Their Own Hate-You Website
- Iraqi Insurgents Are Trying To Send Free Copies Of Your Program To Donald Rumsfeld
- Your Helpdesk Tickets Look Like Suicide Notes
- Your Program Has Its Own Special Section On Wiki Under "POS"
- Your Bug Resolution Options Include "Lawyering Up"
- When Surveyed For New Features, Your Users Ask For a 'Self-Destruct' Option
- The Only Person That Comes To Your Annual User-Appreciation Picnic Is Your Mother
- You and Your User Support Group Is Asked To Appear On Jerry Springer
- People Make Special Trips To Defecate On Your House
- Your Bug Criticality Selection Has Three Choices: Severe, Life Threatening, and Flee-To-Mexico
- Dr. Phil Attacks You At The Mall With One Of Your Shrink-Wrap Boxes
Posted by DanielBMarkham at June 7, 2006 02:47 PM
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Clever list :) You should post this at www.dzone.com, a digg-like site specifically for developers.
Posted by: dzone at June 7, 2006 04:15 PM
Thanks. I'll give it a shot. I appreciate the help!
Posted by: Daniel Markham at June 7, 2006 04:21 PM