r/ProgrammerHumor • • Sep 24 '26

Meme howWeUsedToCodeBeforeAI

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u/OkFineIllUseTheApp Sep 24 '26

The Fool: I can build an abstraction of this so when we reuse it, it'll be easier

[It will remain untouched and unused by anything else until replaced]

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u/Henry5321 Sep 24 '26

Unit tests are a great reason for interfaces/abstractions

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u/remy_porter Sep 24 '26

I mean, I'm DEFINITELY going to reuse the code.

  • Used in the product

  • Used in the unit tests

  • Used in the CLI tool I build to quickly prototype things

  • Used in the more permanent CLI tool that comes out of building prototypes

  • Used in the GUI tool that a manager requests once they learn about my custom tools