11/20 - A fool and his code will soon be parted
Today I was shared the most funny GitHub issue I think I have ever seen. To call if a comedy of errors would be an understatement.
Our shameful story begins with an individual named eliecerthoms on GitHub. They opened up an issue because they had just accidentally (on purpose) deleted over three months of work. Now you might ask, how did this person accidentally delete three months of work? Well, they decided to open up their project using VSCode (which from what I can tell they were not using before). After playing around with Git for a bit, they wanted to unstage their files as they did not want to commit them. SMALL PROBLEM! They accidentally (on purpose) DISCARDED their work, leading to the deletion of three months of work. Our pal eliecerthoms then proceeds to go on a 4 hour spree of screaming at the folks behind VSCode, hurling obscenities at them. I do not know about you, but I think it is generally a really bad idea to scream "FUCK YOU" over and over again on one of the largest repositories on GitHub. Real professional there, bud.
Now you might wonder why I am so keen to make fun of this idiot, especially considering one of my last posts where I complained about Android Studio. Here are some key differences:
1. I do not go onto a public forum and hurl obscenities at the developers (ok maybe a bit but only on this site)
2. My file operations complaint is a genuine bug. Meanwhile, what eliecerthoms experienced is NOT a bug, rather how the program is supposed to run. They, infact, are sure to tell you what you are about to do, and this clown ignored the warning and proceeded. This idiot then goes around calling this feature a 'bug', when infact, the bug is somewhere in his brain.
3. My first issue of Gradle corrupting itself isn't really that big of a deal, just make a new project and do not go around deleting files. This idiot kept exactly zero backups of their work.
So all in all, I just want to say, "A fool and his work will soon be parted" and eliecerthoms, you 100% deserve all the public ridicule you get. You could have handeled this maturely but instead you chose to go onto a public platform and embarrass yourself. Thank you for deleting your GitHub account, good riddance.
Josh
If anyone wants to see the public meltdown for themselves, you may read it here: