On a software project, I used dummy text as a placeholder to be replaced later with actual descriptive error messages.
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On a software project, I used dummy text as a placeholder to be replaced later with actual descriptive error messages. Predictably, not all instances were fixed before release, and bemused corporate clients reported "Error: There is sauerkraut in my lederhosen".
@fesshole this is why it's extremely important to educate underlings about the potential outcome of this practice, to ensure that it continues forever.
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On a software project, I used dummy text as a placeholder to be replaced later with actual descriptive error messages. Predictably, not all instances were fixed before release, and bemused corporate clients reported "Error: There is sauerkraut in my lederhosen".
@fesshole We've all done this. I used to type Wombles for fault descriptions when testing a service modules.
On one system all the test users were cartoon characters - and on another service engineers were famous scientists.
As I have dyslexia even when I remember to change messages to real ones, odd things slip through...
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On a software project, I used dummy text as a placeholder to be replaced later with actual descriptive error messages. Predictably, not all instances were fixed before release, and bemused corporate clients reported "Error: There is sauerkraut in my lederhosen".
Don't know if anyone else remembers Tandem which became HP Nonstop. They used to have a small program to turn error numbers into text., called "error"
There was another version called "err0r", which gave helpful explanations like "Operation not allowed on this type of girl".
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On a software project, I used dummy text as a placeholder to be replaced later with actual descriptive error messages. Predictably, not all instances were fixed before release, and bemused corporate clients reported "Error: There is sauerkraut in my lederhosen".
@fesshole this would be a Top Secret! error message then
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On a software project, I used dummy text as a placeholder to be replaced later with actual descriptive error messages. Predictably, not all instances were fixed before release, and bemused corporate clients reported "Error: There is sauerkraut in my lederhosen".
I used to do industrial controls.
We generally has a list of error messages that we'd incorporate. But sometimes the list would be incomplete so we'd have to either leave it blank or maybe put in a placeholder that would be at least somewhat descriptive.During commissioning, I saw errors like "Stuff-fluffer jamulated", "Freezer Frozen", "Blower Sucking" etc
I loved doing controls commissioning.
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On a software project, I used dummy text as a placeholder to be replaced later with actual descriptive error messages. Predictably, not all instances were fixed before release, and bemused corporate clients reported "Error: There is sauerkraut in my lederhosen".
@fesshole "ah yes, the database"
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On a software project, I used dummy text as a placeholder to be replaced later with actual descriptive error messages. Predictably, not all instances were fixed before release, and bemused corporate clients reported "Error: There is sauerkraut in my lederhosen".
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I used to do industrial controls.
We generally has a list of error messages that we'd incorporate. But sometimes the list would be incomplete so we'd have to either leave it blank or maybe put in a placeholder that would be at least somewhat descriptive.During commissioning, I saw errors like "Stuff-fluffer jamulated", "Freezer Frozen", "Blower Sucking" etc
I loved doing controls commissioning.
@Sir_Osis_of_Liver @fesshole I hope you got "reticulating splines" in there too
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@Sir_Osis_of_Liver @fesshole I hope you got "reticulating splines" in there too
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@fesshole We've all done this. I used to type Wombles for fault descriptions when testing a service modules.
On one system all the test users were cartoon characters - and on another service engineers were famous scientists.
As I have dyslexia even when I remember to change messages to real ones, odd things slip through...
@drajt@fosstodon.org @fesshole@mastodon.social i got the task to make wrong translations for the errors in new user registration. To make it more difficult to create a fake account. But i did not get clearance to know the actual errors. Therefore i do not know if my translations actually were wrong. -
On a software project, I used dummy text as a placeholder to be replaced later with actual descriptive error messages. Predictably, not all instances were fixed before release, and bemused corporate clients reported "Error: There is sauerkraut in my lederhosen".
@fesshole in the early 1990s I worked on porting NetWare for Unix and there was a “This is a love message for Craig” error message which was also inquired about by a client.
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On a software project, I used dummy text as a placeholder to be replaced later with actual descriptive error messages. Predictably, not all instances were fixed before release, and bemused corporate clients reported "Error: There is sauerkraut in my lederhosen".
@fastfinge @fesshole Once, a long time ago, before the days of code linting, I almost committed some console debug messages mentioning Blart Radio to our production server.
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On a software project, I used dummy text as a placeholder to be replaced later with actual descriptive error messages. Predictably, not all instances were fixed before release, and bemused corporate clients reported "Error: There is sauerkraut in my lederhosen".
@fesshole it's rare that I don't have at least one message from Hex ( #Discworld ) in my projects somewhere.
Sometimes I even remember to make them more meaningful.
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On a software project, I used dummy text as a placeholder to be replaced later with actual descriptive error messages. Predictably, not all instances were fixed before release, and bemused corporate clients reported "Error: There is sauerkraut in my lederhosen".
@fesshole Well, dude, if there's sauerkraut in your lederhosen, don't expect *me* to do anything about it. You're on your own there.
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On a software project, I used dummy text as a placeholder to be replaced later with actual descriptive error messages. Predictably, not all instances were fixed before release, and bemused corporate clients reported "Error: There is sauerkraut in my lederhosen".
@fesshole could had been worse, it could have been bratwurst overhead of sauerkraut
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On a software project, I used dummy text as a placeholder to be replaced later with actual descriptive error messages. Predictably, not all instances were fixed before release, and bemused corporate clients reported "Error: There is sauerkraut in my lederhosen".
@fesshole I remember supporting a mission critical HyperCard stack that a Fortune 500 company used back in the 90’s.
One common error it would throw said, literally:
“The connection appears to be in a funky state.”
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@drajt@fosstodon.org @fesshole@mastodon.social i got the task to make wrong translations for the errors in new user registration. To make it more difficult to create a fake account. But i did not get clearance to know the actual errors. Therefore i do not know if my translations actually were wrong.
@Life_is @drajt @fesshole The forum for my local astronomy club was getting overrun by spammer signups. I noticed a pattern to the spammers which didn't apply to any of the genuine signups so I changed the code to reject those with the message “Thingummy discombobulated - please contact an administrator”.
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On a software project, I used dummy text as a placeholder to be replaced later with actual descriptive error messages. Predictably, not all instances were fixed before release, and bemused corporate clients reported "Error: There is sauerkraut in my lederhosen".
I worked at a bank and named a coding project I was working on Swordfish on a lark
After a movie that was coming out soon (I'm old) called "Swordfish" (Halle Berry, John Travolta, Hugh Jackman, Don Cheadle)
The project got more internal play than I anticipated, all these C-Suites talking about Swordfish
Oops
The movie came out and everyone learned the plot was about coding a backdoor in a bank for a heist
No that wasn't what I was doing
I had to be less of a wiseass after that
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I worked at a bank and named a coding project I was working on Swordfish on a lark
After a movie that was coming out soon (I'm old) called "Swordfish" (Halle Berry, John Travolta, Hugh Jackman, Don Cheadle)
The project got more internal play than I anticipated, all these C-Suites talking about Swordfish
Oops
The movie came out and everyone learned the plot was about coding a backdoor in a bank for a heist
No that wasn't what I was doing
I had to be less of a wiseass after that
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all the big shots stopped talking about my project after the movie came out
"making a good first impression" success! 🥴
