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One of my top 5 pet peeves in IT: humanizing software.

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[–] sirico@feddit.uk 85 points 1 week ago (12 children)

Notice all the information you get so you can resolve the issue...

[–] doctortofu@reddthat.com 67 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (11 children)

The infantilization of error messages annoys me to no end. Sure Error: exception FF02345A0 in module flarghbhgy.py is not immediately helpful, but at least it allows me to search for a solution or a cause. Recently though, a frighteningly large portion of software developers decided for some reason that Oopsie poopsie, someone made a boo boo is a better error message, especially if it's accompanied by a cute whimsical image of a kitten or some shit...

[–] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 50 points 1 week ago (5 children)

OOPSIE WOOPSIE!! Uwu We made a fucky wucky!! A wittle fucko boingo! The code monkeys at our headquarters are working VEWY HAWD to fix this!

[–] stefan92@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 week ago

I'm stealing that one. 🤣

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