Developer Shark Begging to Push During Release Freeze with Every Excuse

Description

A meme showing an underwater photograph of a small shark being held by a human hand, with white text labels scattered across the dark teal water background representing all the excuses a developer makes to bypass a release freeze. The text reads: 'I know it's a release freeze but I really need it', 'IT'S A HOTFIX', 'let me push to prod', 'deadlines are burning', 'I tested everything', 'last time I just made a mistake', and 'please'. The shark represents the desperate developer being physically restrained (like being blocked by change management), while the scattered excuses paint a picture of escalating desperation. Watermark 'devme.me' in bottom right

Common Tags

Deployment FeatureFreeze DeploymentPainPoints DeploymentRisks ReleaseManagement DeadlinePressure FridayDeployments ProductionIssues DeveloperFrustration Cicd

Comments

Anonymous ★ Top Pick The five stages of release freeze grief: Denial ('it's just a one-liner'), Bargaining ('it's a hotfix'), Anger ('deadlines are burning'), Depression ('please'), and Acceptance (pushing to prod at 2 AM when nobody's watching)

Anonymous ★ Top Pick

The five stages of release freeze grief: Denial ('it's just a one-liner'), Bargaining ('it's a hotfix'), Anger ('deadlines are burning'), Depression ('please'), and Acceptance (pushing to prod at 2 AM when nobody's watching)
@adm877 6mo

No, at work I don't do anything but get paid.
1. @agonyship 6mo
  
  Based
2. dev_meme 6mo
  
  My friend says it and then locks-in for 20 hours of non-stop coding
  
  @adm877 6mo
  
  Oh don't worry, my official job title is "programmer", but I forgot the last year I wrote a single line of code (employer specifics).
@NaNmber 6mo

top left is me at all times
@get_DB_dump 6mo

Why is my manager in the pic?