When You're Debugging, It's printf()

When you’re fundraising, it’s AI. When you’re hiring, it’s ML. When you’re implementing, it’s linear regression. When you’re debugging, it’s printf(). - Baron Schwartz (@xaprb)

A screenshot of a social media post jokes about how technical terms are used during different stages of a project: fundraising gets called AI, hiring gets called ML, implementation gets called linear regression, and debugging is reduced to printf(). The punchline mocks technology buzzwords and the practical simplicity of debugging. It is shared as a reaction to exaggerated tech jargon or when someone solves a complex problem with basic print statements.

• @profunctor_io / 1813 2019-03-26