Dev Humor: .Net Can Do My Laundry

November 6th, 2008

Tags: .Net, humor, laundry

Techies often slip into a zone of strange banter where a familiar and often humdrum topic is cast into the vocabulary and context of our working day lives. This banter inevitably takes place while our brains are focused on something incredibly dull- a pressure valve, if you will, that allows us to enjoy what we’re doing even though it might be the most boring task in the world. Take, for instance, this chat log between my coworker Aaron and I, which kept me particularly entertained while babysitting an automated script.

Aaron: did I make .NET changes for the last release?

Michael: Yeah, remember you rewrote the backend to do my laundry?

Aaron: oh yeah

Aaron: how’s that working out for you?

Michael: Well, it works… but the licensing fees on the detergent are killing me.

Aaron: Yeah, I didn’t work out that integration well

Michael: I’m afraid I’m going to have to go with an open source solution.

Aaron: Many of our customers are feeling that way.

Michael: I hear a new one just got released. Have you heard of "Clothesline"?

Aaron: yeah, but I heard that the results aren’t as good if your server room has polluted air

Michael: Apparently it’s super configurable though. Some kind of API called "pins"

Aaron: Nice

Aaron: I’ve seen various distributions

Aaron: Pretty flexible

Aaron: You can install it on a wide variety of platforms

Michael: Still, I’ve read blogs that it only does half the job, and you’d really need a good Washboard operator to make it work.

Aaron: Also, the process is efficient, but slow.

Michael: I thought it multithreads?

Aaron: It can sometimes handle a larger load than the commercial product.

Aaron: It’s a trade off though.

Aaron: Speed or larger processing loads.

Michael: Well, you know me. Always overclocking the machine just to get those stains out.

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