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submitted 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) by HaraldvonBlauzahn@feddit.org to c/programmerhumor@lemmy.ml

Hey Boss, look here!

I made a magical X-ray app that displays our code as wiring.

Here is the shiny, neat program that Bob wrote 15 years ago, right before he left us:

And here is what it is today, after Tom took it from Bob, and Jane from Tom, and Mick from Jane, and me from him, porting it to roughly four new platforms, and adding about 240 features from customer requests (150 of which were urgent):

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[-] SirActionSack@aussie.zone 6 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

Tightly bound cables/wiring is my pet hate. Even if there's room to add stuff it makes tracing anything a nightmare.

I would absolutely prefer to trace something in the second pic.

this post was submitted on 18 Jul 2026
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