Deflecting Code Explanation Questions With Aggressive Topic Changes

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A meme with the top caption in black text on white: 'Me when somebody asks me to explain what that specific part of the function does.' Below is a photo of a blonde woman testifying at a hearing, pointing a finger forward with an intense, defensive expression, a microphone visible beside her. The subtitle caption over the photo reads: 'The DOW is over 50,000 right now, that's what we should be talking about!' The joke is the universal developer move of aggressively deflecting when asked to explain a chunk of their own code they no longer understand - changing the subject rather than admitting the function is a mystery even to its author

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Anonymous ★ Top Pick The function has 100% test coverage and zero percent explainability - like any healthy economy, you don't question it while the numbers are up

Anonymous ★ Top Pick

The function has 100% test coverage and zero percent explainability - like any healthy economy, you don't question it while the numbers are up
Anonymous

Asked for a code walkthrough, delivered a macroeconomic smoke test.
@HeTema 6mo

I get your back guys: The Dow Jones is a stock market index that tracks the performance of 30 of the largest companies in the US
@hy60koshk 6mo

Neuroslöpp shitcoder problem. GTFO of IT dept if you cannot explain your code