1. Software Engineer Cheat Sheet
2. Use this cheat sheet to decipher what your software engineers are really saying
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4. “It’s a non-trivial amount of work” = I won’t be able to copy and paste
5. “This is a temporary solution” = This is a permanent solution
6. “I’ll be finished by Monday” = I won’t tell you which Monday
7. “That’s funny” = I literally hate you
8. “Do you want it done fast or do you want it done right?” = It will be neither
9. “Just file a bug” = I have no idea what you’re saying right now
10. “That’s an expansion of scope” = I forgot you needed that feature
11. “We can’t test that” = We can but we won’t
12. “I’ll just put it behind a flag for now” = It will never ship
13. “I fixed the bug” = It started working again and I have no idea why
14. “I can’t realistically estimate that” = I don’t know how estimates work
15. “I don’t think users will care about that” = I have dinner reservations at 8
16. “This is an Alpha release” = It doesn’t work
17. “This is a Beta release” = We fixed a lot of bugs but it still doesn’t work
18. “Let’s phase 2 that” = I’m hoping you’ll forget about it
19. “We are focusing on high priority fixes only” = I’m going to go take a nap
20. “We have a lot of technical debt” = I copied and pasted too much