A broken clock fixed by taping a working one over it is a perfect metaphor for every project you'll encounter during your career.
axont, There’s a particular Midwestern thing of putting a working TV directly in front of the broken TV
yogthos, 
TIL
YoungBelden, i’ve had a script in need of rewrite for like 5 years
i just keep duct taping and tweaking every time another thing breaks
at this point i barely understand the code anymore
it’s literally titled “temporary script until i fix the real one, 2018”
yogthos, how it be sometimes
Washburn, 
“That was a temporary solution we implemented around 15”
“What, like 15 minutes ago?”
“2015”
absentthereaper, 
“Temporary solutions-- aren’t.” – Unattributed
lukas, 
There is nothing more permanent than a temporary solution.
Aurenkin, You really do see so many of those over time.
// Temporary - remove after rolloutAnd you do a git blame to see if you can safely remove it and the code is like 5 years old and the person has left the company.
billygoat,
perennial, Image
scytale, “We’re gonna do a lift-and-shift because we don’t want any interruptions; we’ll fix it later once everything settles down.”
3 years later…
lord_ryvan, This joke gets funnier the older it is
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