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Author here. Thank you my long time hn friend, jacquesm, for posting this. I've been programming my entire adult life (and then some). I worked at many enterpr
by edw519 3y ago
Author here. Thank you my long time hn friend, jacquesm, for posting this.
I've been programming my entire adult life (and then some). I worked at many enterprises and SMBs. As the character who I live vicariously says on https://eddiots.com/1 https://eddiots.com/1, "I love programming but I hate going to work." I'll never stop programming but the people at work have worn me out.
I've been posting here for 16 years as well as several other sites. I've always had something to say but have found it increasingly harder to say what I'm thinking without sounding like I'm preaching. Thus the comics. Might as well get it off my chest in a way we can all have a little fun. If I wasn't able to laugh all these years, I probably would have gone back to work at McDonalds.
It's all software driven with only html, css, and svg. (I'll have the markup on every page next week.) No images or media queries. I kept it simple and post something new every weekday. It's just something I have to do. (And way better than all those CRUD apps and standups.)
Thanks to all of you for your kind (and other) words. My jokes are like the weather. If you don't like one, just click for another. Maybe that one will connect.
- romwell 3y agoHey, saw your comic from a comment you made on reddit recently, and glad to see it pop up here too. I felt that it was underappreciated, and glad to see it getting the recognition it deserves!
- edw519 3y agoThank you, romwell. reddit is a strange bird these days. I never know what to expect. I like it because I can post the art right in the thread, not like my feeble attempt here (below). eddiots is way more fun. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=202154 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=202154
- PedroBatista 3y ago> My jokes are like the weather. If you don't like one, just click for another. Maybe that one will connect. You're the Mikael Wulff of IT.. - http://wumo.com/wumo http://wumo.com/wumo
- edw519 3y agoCool site. Looks like I'll be busy for a while. Thank you, Pedro!
- dasil003 3y agoWhat you've really captured is the banality and non-sequitur nature of corporate meetings where major participants are in charge of things well beyond their ken. Dilbert did it first, but you took it to new post-modern heights.
- edw519 3y agoThank you, dasi003! That's pretty much what I'm intending. I love your summary.
- ngshiheng 3y agolove your comic and sense of humour! glad i found this gem here
- ichik 3y agoHi, thank you for this wonderful thing. Please consider adding an RSS feed.
- edw519 3y agoThank you, ichik! I just added this: http://eddiots.com/rss.xml http://eddiots.com/rss.xml Is this sufficient or would it be better if I added anything else?
- svilen_dobrev 3y agohey, the link under "tag" in eddiot news frame is broken: https://eddiots.com/ArchiveCategory https://eddiots.com/ArchiveCategory goes 404
- edw519 3y agoFixed (removed, deprecated). Thank you, svilen_dobrev.