Honest definitions from work and life

  • Ad hominem

    adjective

    A verbal attack from a developer towards another developer, debugging their personality, commit history, and genetic makeup instead of their actual bug in the code.

    Jenny: "Hey, my algorithm is too slow, could you check?"
    Ruby: "Maybe if you'd learned the difference between tabs and spaces, it would be efficient, Jennifer!"
    Jenny: "Hey! That ad hominem is uncalled for!"
    Ruby: types git blame utils/converter.py
    Ruby: "Not really!'

    karthik on July 28, 2024