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DIY (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 8 months ago by Lisk91@sh.itjust.works to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

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[–] 1984@lemmy.today 4 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Writing code but never seen the thing the code runs inside of...

I guess they are not very curious.

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[–] humanamerican@lemmy.zip 4 points 8 months ago (1 child)

I'm sure there are great screenwriters who don't know the first thing about cameras or projectors. They can still write good screenplays.

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[–] WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 2 points 8 months ago

a better analogy would be people who write software for the cameras. screenwriters are closer to software testers

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