Programmers waiting for their code to deploy be like...

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The video uses a relatable, exaggerated 'day-in-the-life' trope that perfectly captures a common pain point for software engineers, making it highly shareable within the tech community.

Summary

A programmer experiences the frustration of waiting for a long code deployment process, which continues even after he cooks, goes shopping, and travels. When the process finally finishes, it immediately fails, forcing him to restart.

Structure

1Programmer initiates code deployment
2Deployment takes an unexpectedly long time
3Programmer performs various life tasks while waiting
4Deployment finishes but results in an error
5Programmer reacts with frustration

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Programmers waiting for their code to deploy be like...

Transcript

Finally. All right. Just gotta let this thing build and run through the pipeline. Jeezus Christ this thing takes forever. Guess I'll make some food. It's still running!? All right. It's still going!? All right. Finally. Wait. What? Nooo.