Comments on: Never Underestimate Your Own Stupidity http://davybrion.com/blog/2010/01/never-underestimate-your-own-stupidity/ inquisitive: adjective. given to inquiry, research, or asking questions; eager for knowledge; intellectually curious Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:42:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Davy Brionhttp://davybrion.com/blog/2010/01/never-underestimate-your-own-stupidity/comment-page-1/#comment-24266 Davy Brion Fri, 08 Jan 2010 19:34:29 +0000 http://davybrion.com/blog/2010/01/never-underestimate-your-own-stupidity/#comment-24266 @Michelthe bigger the mistake, the more likely i am to write a post about it :) @Michel

the bigger the mistake, the more likely i am to write a post about it :)

]]> By: Michel Grootjanshttp://davybrion.com/blog/2010/01/never-underestimate-your-own-stupidity/comment-page-1/#comment-24265 Michel Grootjans Fri, 08 Jan 2010 19:19:11 +0000 http://davybrion.com/blog/2010/01/never-underestimate-your-own-stupidity/#comment-24265 Been there, done that, but never had the courage to post it. Been there, done that, but never had the courage to post it.

]]> By: kilfourhttp://davybrion.com/blog/2010/01/never-underestimate-your-own-stupidity/comment-page-1/#comment-24259 kilfour Fri, 08 Jan 2010 16:12:02 +0000 http://davybrion.com/blog/2010/01/never-underestimate-your-own-stupidity/#comment-24259 Me and a co-worker spent a couple of hours debugging an app once, trying to figure out what was going wrong when it turned out to be a double dot in the nhibernate mapping file : 'entity.hbm..xml' Plenty more where that one came from."Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the universe is winning."Sometimes the software engineers are the idiots. Me and a co-worker spent a couple of hours debugging an app once, trying to figure out what was going wrong when it turned out to be a double dot in the nhibernate mapping file : ‘entity.hbm..xml’
Plenty more where that one came from.

“Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the universe is winning.”

Sometimes the software engineers are the idiots.

]]> By: Motihttp://davybrion.com/blog/2010/01/never-underestimate-your-own-stupidity/comment-page-1/#comment-24236 Moti Fri, 08 Jan 2010 13:58:10 +0000 http://davybrion.com/blog/2010/01/never-underestimate-your-own-stupidity/#comment-24236 Just make it a habit to create a udl file on the server where you deploy, set the connection, and copy-paste it to you config file. Just make it a habit to create a udl file on the server where you deploy, set the connection, and copy-paste it to you config file.

]]> By: Davy Brionhttp://davybrion.com/blog/2010/01/never-underestimate-your-own-stupidity/comment-page-1/#comment-24217 Davy Brion Fri, 08 Jan 2010 07:40:49 +0000 http://davybrion.com/blog/2010/01/never-underestimate-your-own-stupidity/#comment-24217 @Kevinwell, it could list the actual connectionstring in the exception message when it can't connect... most people will probably look at it then. though that still not an excuse for my brainfart obviously :)@Dhananjayagreed... that's one of the few places where copy/pasting should be actively encouraged :) @Kevin

well, it could list the actual connectionstring in the exception message when it can’t connect… most people will probably look at it then. though that still not an excuse for my brainfart obviously :)

@Dhananjay

agreed… that’s one of the few places where copy/pasting should be actively encouraged :)

]]> By: Dhananjay Goyanihttp://davybrion.com/blog/2010/01/never-underestimate-your-own-stupidity/comment-page-1/#comment-24212 Dhananjay Goyani Fri, 08 Jan 2010 05:55:32 +0000 http://davybrion.com/blog/2010/01/never-underestimate-your-own-stupidity/#comment-24212 Wherever one need to refer hard-coded stuff at different places, go for 'Copy and Paste' whenever possible. That would save considerably.I have seen people struggling for days so 90 mins is OK. (want to make sure you don't feel down.);-) Wherever one need to refer hard-coded stuff at different places, go for ‘Copy and Paste’ whenever possible. That would save considerably.

I have seen people struggling for days so 90 mins is OK. (want to make sure you don’t feel down.)

;-)

]]> By: Kevin Panghttp://davybrion.com/blog/2010/01/never-underestimate-your-own-stupidity/comment-page-1/#comment-24184 Kevin Pang Thu, 07 Jan 2010 19:31:11 +0000 http://davybrion.com/blog/2010/01/never-underestimate-your-own-stupidity/#comment-24184 I've done that before myself. I agree that the error message is a bit vague, but I guess that's about the best it can do. After all, the system doesn't know what the connection string is supposed to look like, only that it tried to connect to it, never received a response, and subsequently timed out. I’ve done that before myself. I agree that the error message is a bit vague, but I guess that’s about the best it can do. After all, the system doesn’t know what the connection string is supposed to look like, only that it tried to connect to it, never received a response, and subsequently timed out.

]]> By: Grant Palinhttp://davybrion.com/blog/2010/01/never-underestimate-your-own-stupidity/comment-page-1/#comment-24181 Grant Palin Thu, 07 Jan 2010 18:24:03 +0000 http://davybrion.com/blog/2010/01/never-underestimate-your-own-stupidity/#comment-24181 It's amazing what a difference a single character can make! I've had such moments too. It’s amazing what a difference a single character can make! I’ve had such moments too.

]]> By: Awkward Coderhttp://davybrion.com/blog/2010/01/never-underestimate-your-own-stupidity/comment-page-1/#comment-24177 Awkward Coder Thu, 07 Jan 2010 16:30:44 +0000 http://davybrion.com/blog/2010/01/never-underestimate-your-own-stupidity/#comment-24177 ROFL - it like's a recurring nightmare that one! ROFL – it like’s a recurring nightmare that one!

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