I am weak and friendly

Chapter 231 So this is what open source is all about.

On the 42nd floor of Qihang Building, the observation deck was even more crowded.

Shen Hong finally brought all his trusted technical personnel here and set up a place that resembled a "combat command post".

The large screen in the lobby, which was used to play various commercials, was also requisitioned at this time.

The above shows the initial interface of OIFU.

A map.

One by one, vending machines are lighting up on the map, more and more, until they are densely packed together.

Shen Hong stood in front of the huge screen, looking at the map covered with vending machine icons, and felt a strange sense of awe.

Since Tang Yiping released version V1.0 this morning, this map has been steadily progressing, and the rate of increase is getting faster and faster.

Even if he sends people to check each street one by one, it would probably only achieve this result.

And all of this was actually done spontaneously by OIFU users.

Perhaps "spontaneous completion" is not quite the right word, as it is more like a "side effect" or "derivative effect," since OIFU's true function is not that.

Behind this map are people who need OIFU's help.

He never imagined that so many people in the world needed OIFU.

Of course, many of these people are probably doing it out of curiosity, or even because they are currently the main force in this field.

After all, even he installed it and went downstairs to try out the software.

That bottle of iced tea, which expired three years ago, is still sitting on the windowsill.

He took a sip; it was drinkable, but it tasted like plastic.

But everyone who installs OIFU, or even everyone who knows about this software, could become an anchor point in Tang Yiping's words.

As these "spots of light" illuminate, some things that have been forgotten, covered up, or erased by the world are surfacing.

In a corner of the lobby, a printer borrowed from the building management was frantically printing. The technicians believed that printing out the information about Touchpoint Connect that they could find through various channels and keeping a backup in the physical world was a more reliable backup method than leaving it in the online world.

They don't know the principle behind this "disappearance" and "forgetting," but in case things change, even from the perspective of energy conservation, erasing these papers is always more difficult than erasing data on the internet.

The printed sheets of paper piled up in the corner, some even growing taller, are like a kind of real-world "indicator" or "marker," representing how much information is being returned.

But was it only Touchpoint Connect that was truly erased?

How many blank spaces are there in our lives?

The thought sent a chill down his spine.

He turned around and looked out the window.

The boy remained seated in his wheelchair, staring at the screen of the laptop in front of him.

He overheard several technicians behind him muttering, "Boss Pingzi has rejected #21 again. This is the 14th time, isn't it..."

"I checked it out, and it's true. How did Hirako manage to find that kind of bug? If it were me, I would have messed it up."

"I just peeked over, and it seemed like Pingzi was copying code as he looked at it. After copying, he marked the problems in the code. Is this a code review method similar to the rubber duck debugging method? I'll try it next time..."

"Sigh, when do I get off work? I also want to provide code for Master Pingzi..."

These technicians seemed extremely excited.

Shen Hong overheard them discussing privately: "Damn, so this is the kind of organization we are?"

Confronting the terrifying oblivion, lurking enemies, the shadows of the world, and another world...

How come I had no idea that my life as a civil servant was so exciting? I thought I could see the end of it all!

The technicians were a little scared, but also a little eager to try.

No, we are not.

He wanted to say it.

But now he is also confused.

When Gao Ming submitted the report, he had no idea things would turn out this way.

Gao Ming gave him the report. Who should he give it to? What kind of report should he write? How can he prove himself?

These are the very problems that Gao Ming once faced, and now they are right in front of him.

In movies and novels, they only describe how powerful this organization is.

But nobody has ever said how this kind of organization was established!

No, no, we must have such an organization!

Perhaps my level isn't high enough?
Forget it... I don't want to think about it too much. Let's solve the current problem first.

But the question is, how do we know if it's solved?

How many "anchor points" are needed to bring back these erased things? ...

Tang Yiping didn't have as many ideas as Shen Hong.

He is still immersed in the world of OIFU.

So this is what open source is! This is awesome!
He had never experienced this feeling before.

Although he has released so much open-source software, he has never truly experienced what it's like to be a project maintainer of open-source software.

Because of his previous open-source projects, no one dared to provide him with code...

Now, a constant stream of code submissions are being submitted for his review, then he looks for bugs, rejects them, looks for more bugs, and rejects them again...

This is far more efficient than anything he could develop himself.

It's like planting a seed, and it grows into a towering tree on its own.

Moreover, it greatly broadens one's horizons.

He found that his coding skills were improving by leaps and bounds, and his understanding of many areas that he had never understood before was also deepening.

Sometimes, he even discovers bugs that he can fix himself, or at least he has a way of thinking about how to fix them.

Rather than simply identifying and raising questions.

Of course, he cannot change it, because it is basic etiquette for code contributors to modify their own code.

It's like the relationship between an author and an editor. An editor can offer suggestions, but cannot directly make changes or even write the entire article for the author.

If it is modified, who owns the copyright?

After all, everyone's code contributions are recorded.

All Tang Yiping could do was review, reject, and then review again.

In this process, the only one that was injured was the [Stacking Insect].

After all, bugs that Tang Yiping couldn't see or test could only be detected by [Stacking Bug].

Tang Yiping discovered that the number of his [Stacking Insects] had decreased.

This made him feel a little sorry for him.

Should we find a way to increase the number of [Stacking Insects]?
Besides, won't [Diechong] get annoyed by constantly teasing [Diechong] like this?

I'm so sorry, [Stacking Insect]!
Now it's just going to be tough on you guys!

Once I'm done with this wave of work, I'll write a lot more bugs to reward you guys!
With that in mind, he finished reviewing #32 and merged the PR into his own code.

The appearance of #32 was an unexpected surprise for him.

This contributor is most likely a former engineer at Touchpoint Connect, otherwise they wouldn't know the hardware diagnostic code for the Lingxi vending machine.

He planned to talk to the engineer, but after sending a message, the other party did not reply.

In a corner of the city, Liu Jiadong was immersed in immense joy.

It's approved! It's finally approved!
Although it was just a trivial piece of code with no technical sophistication, it was probably the most challenging and rewarding thing he had done in recent years.

I shared my success on the forum and was immediately greeted with a chorus of congratulations.

He hadn't experienced this kind of intense feeling in a very, very long time.

But after closing the notebook, he felt a strange sense of emptiness.

It was like a grand performance that suddenly came to an end.

All that's left is a miserable existence.

My life seems to have remained unchanged.

As he did every day before, he opened the job search website.

I browsed around for a bit, then sighed.

There aren't many suitable positions for him.

Moreover, the compensation and benefits are not very good.

Even for such a job, he still struggles to pass the interview.

Who would want a 42-year-old zenith striker?