Original: Backup Transcription ↓/* true story sent by Washington Aquino */ Programmer: Do you have an updated backup from the database? I'll need to restore it. Support: Backup??? Oh, sure, I have it... (At the computer) DROP DATABASE? OK! Programmer: Can you send me the backup, please? Support: Well... backup??? uh...(…) leia mais

Transcription ↓/* True story sent by Erisvaldo Carvalho */Manager: What code is it that you're trying to fix?Programmer: SQL...Manager: Hmmm... Let me see it...Manager: I wonder that the error is there on these -- (minus minus), because "minus minus" equals "plus"... It's a calculus failOriginal: Erro de SQL

Transcription ↓/* True story sent by Aloisio Almeida Jr */ Wife: Darling, you never told what you're working on Programmer: It's because my actual project is classified... Wife: What??? Are you saying you don't trust me?!? Programmer: HUMPF... ok, I tell you...(…) leia mais

Transcription ↓/* True story sent by bruno */ Boss: That form you made on site isn't working... Programmer: Wait a minute... I'll fix it... Programmer: And... It's done. Boss: Alright, I'll see it... Hours later... Boss: Weird... When you told me that it's done, that form wasn't working yet...(…) leia mais

Transcription ↓/* True story sent by Ian Magalhães */Wife: Wow! Did you create this site?Programmer: Yeah!Wife: And what's that logo at the bottom?Programmer: It's designer's logoWife: So, who created the site, He or you?Programmer: I programmed... He did the layout!Wife: So, he created...Original: Você que fez?

Transcription ↓/* True story sent by Marcos Henrique */Boss: What are you doing?Programmer: Programming...Boss: Great! come here and help me move a cabinetProgrammer: There's no one else to help you?Boss: No, everyone else is working!Original: O que você está fazendo?

Transcription ↓/* True story sent by Uilson */ Boss: We need better equipment 2 days later... Boss: We have to modernize our equipment 1 month later... Boss: We can't go on with these equipment... 2 years later... Boss: We need better equipment... I've been saying it for the last two years... Get on it!(…) leia mais

Transcription ↓/* True story sent by Edmilson Felix */ Programmer: DBA? I need a new column in the `workaround` table please. DBA: Okay! What’s this column for? Programmer: It will store the URL that the user typed in the browser. DBA: Hmm… Okay, but what’s an URL? Programmer: DBA: Uh, okay. But what a browser?(…) leia mais

Transcription ↓/* True stories sent by berdam, @PensamentoOgro and João Soares */ Manager: Could you get me a report about the items that aren’t in the system? Programmer: Ohhhhhhh God! – Boss: I think I’ve got a presentation on my laptop but I don’t know when I created it. I need you find it. I will present it this afternoon.(…) leia mais

Uncle: So, my nephew, you're graduated now, right?Programmer: YepUncle: So now you can make a little system to my snack barProgrammer: Well, we may...Uncle: Great! I'll catch you at 1PM. Because I want to use it at 3PMProgrammer: Oh, wait! We're talking about a system or a cheeseburger?Original: "Sisteminha" para lanchonete