Huh

Ever look at some strange code, say "Who wrote this?" then look it up using your source control's Blame feature and discover it was you?

(Someone snarky out there could now say, "No wonder Schizoid is taking so long.")

Comments

[Brett Douville]

Or they could say, "No wonder they named it Schizoid". :)

[Max Battcher]

I love when it happens that you wonder "Whoever wrote this code was a genius... it makes today's code so easy to write. I should figure out who this was and buy them a beer..." and in that case it is a pleasant surprise to find the beer you owe is to yourself a few a months ago...

[spoonix]

Yeah.

What I usually do is scrub the logs and frame an intern.

This is why it's so important to retain admin privs on the revision control server.

[bochelord]

Yeah, several scenarios up there:

"Who in hell wrote this piece of shit?" -> was you moron, endless ashame...

"This is so well done, is great!" -> was you smartypants, infinite happyness

"This is so well done, it works perfectly, but code is undocumented and I don't get that tricky part..." -> was you genius, "I'm getting old?" "Beer is finally attacking my brain??" "Inspiration is everywhere but here and now!"

[bjorke]

Yes. All the time, which is why I always remind our guys to program for the next guy who doesn't know the code -- because that next guy will PROBABLY be themselves, six or nine months down the road.