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Things Developers Say

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by Vernaq • 109 items

A translation guide to the phrases developers use when talking about code, bugs, deployments and the mysterious ways software behaves in production.

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Type safety
Using types to catch mistakes earlier.
Unit test
A test for one small piece of code.
Version mismatch
Two environments are running slightly different software and now nothing makes sense.
Webhook
A system shouting at another system over HTTP when something happens.
Websocket
A persistent connection for live two-way updates.
Workaround
A temporary solution that avoids the real fix.
Worker
A process that handles background jobs.
Works on my machine
The code runs fine locally but breaks everywhere else.
Yak shaving
Doing many unrelated tasks before you can finally do the real one.
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