Programmer Humor

package = app

I think it’s spelled “A1” thanks to our Education Secretary

I hate the term. It waters down true programmers and hard work. 9 year old rips off someone and makes game, "app". Actual software dev makes useful program using hard work and their own assets, "app".

I powered on my computer, my app started, which started my main app, which started my essential apps, which started my app that I use to open my other app, which I use to go to my other app that I use to watch other apps being used by otgher people.

You will get an invisible candy if you can correctly decode this.

What's the difference between an application and a program?

I also hate the way "algorithm" has taken over the public consciousness. You can find people unironically saying "I don't want any algorithm in my social media feed", which is a nonsensical statement.

Then: Books, Movies, Videos, Blogs, Articles Now: C O N T E N T

They trying the Algorithm to AI nowdays.

I miss when game had content patches instead of dlc

Yes but imo patch is now update

What I hate even more, is that the morons who can't read more than two syllables decided to shorten "application" to "app", but now I only ever hear people reading that as "ay pee pee"! What was the fucking point?

It's worse if you have ever worked in food service. "App" is short for "appetizer".

::cries in very specific form of confusion::

I call everything a script. Makes the Java devs real mad. Makes the PM's super confused.

See also the client camera movement guide:

I fought hard against that for years. I still only use 'app' for phone programs, but I stopped correcting people every time they used the term for anything else. It isn't technically wrong, but it grates on my nerves for some reason.

Everything is a file

The script is compiled to a program which is then executed by the OS.

->

The app is appified to an app which is then apped by the app.

Damnit.

On the flipside, "Bot" is the backend for almost everything that I've dealt with recently.

"We need the data moved from X to Y, can someone make a bot for that?"

Internal suffering

"... Yes. We can setup an API between X and Y."

"Great! We also want a bot to generate daily reports from Y"

Suffering intensifies

"... Ok."

I don't even try to fight it anymore.

In the Netherlands basically everyone uses whatsapp. In the beginning people would say send me a whatsapp or something like that. But pretty quickly people started to shorten it to just app. So people will say stuff like I just got an app (instead of message), it drives me nuts. Like my family chat group is called "app group".