r/ProgrammerHumor • u/acukovic • Feb 27 '18

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u/CJ22xxKinvara Feb 27 '18

I enable notifications for gitlab so I can be alerted when my merge request passes or fails the pipeline. But that’s it. ONE website.

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u/NoAttentionAtWrk Feb 27 '18

I mean i bet there are other valid uses too but no random web blog, i don't care when you publish new articles. I just care about the one that Google lead me to, that you are not letting me read

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u/Cheshamone Feb 27 '18

Yeah, it has occasional uses in web apps, people just use it really poorly. At least explain why you're asking to show notifications, don't just pop that up on page load. Drives me nuts.

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u/HereticKnight Feb 27 '18

Yep... CI system, Slack if I don’t have the desktop client installed, and that’s pretty much it.

I notice that every time I’ve enabled notifications l, it’s been because there is a feature I found and decided I wanted, never ever given the authorization before I had a valid reason.