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?

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

::cries in very specific form of confusion::

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?

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.

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.

Everything is a file

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".