Back in 2016 (wow, almost a decade now…) I got a job with a group who used Word docs to email instructions on how to update your code with their changes. For example, “In file xyz.php, go to line 123 and replace with .”

One of my first tasks was getting that group set up with git. But I will never forget that was their best way to version control code… in 2016.

[–] ertai@programming.dev 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I don't. No. This isn't real. He's lying, surely he's lying. It's just a person on the internet making a joke right?

[–] adhocfungus@midwest.social 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'd believe it's real. In 2016 I was at a company trying to migrate off an old IBM mainframe and green screens. It wasn't like an airline with complex or critical code; it was just a barely functional ERP for a warehouse. Source control was the furthest thing from their minds. Some companies and IT departments are very reluctant to change, regardless of how much time and money it save.

[–] jubilationtcornpone@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The kind of place where "backups" means playing Russian Roulette with one set of old ass tapes, if you're lucky.

[–] adhocfungus@midwest.social 1 points 1 month ago

Yeah, it was all tapes. We only had to use them once when I worked there: after finding out the UPS connected to the mainframe was a dud. And then it really was roulette because the first two tapes were unreadable, so we ended up with three week old data.

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