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Chapter 36 Three Fears: The Big Boss Suddenly Praises Him

Tang Yiping obtained the outdated programming technology that Bao Ge had forgotten, which was enough for him to move beyond the complete novice stage and write something casually.

But...to put it very...with high emotional intelligence, it's very old-fashioned.

Moreover, Bao Ge wasn't exactly a top-tier programmer back then, otherwise he wouldn't have switched to management.

Therefore, Tang Yiping's current level is only at the level of writing casually. If he were to have aspirations or requirements, he would reveal his lack of skill.

The higher the expectations, the more inadequate one becomes, and unfortunately, one's eyesight is not as good as one's abilities, so one cannot even realize it.

So, after spending several hours writing what he considered to be the most satisfying, yet also the most buggy, code of his life, Tang Yiping felt it was perfect after carefully checking and revising it several times, only to discover even more bugs.

Then I tested it on my phone again and didn't find any problems.

So, feeling quite pleased with himself, he clicked "post".

Tang Yiping's first open-source project, FOEW, has been updated to version V0.1.1.

"Update Log: Optimized interface and integration code, improved running efficiency, and other improvements."

Afterwards, Tang Yiping looked at his project repository page and clenched his fist tightly!

See? I'm going to quietly amaze you all!

Don't underestimate Bao Ge's programming skills! I must protect Bao Ge's smile!
He returned to the forum and left a message under his post: "Thank you all for your opinions and suggestions. I was in a rush before, and some of the code was indeed written very roughly. I just rewrote it. Please give me your guidance."

Then, a string of replies suddenly appeared below:

"Hey bro, what a coincidence! I just submitted my code, optimized the interface and integration code, please review it!"

"Me too, please reply to my post!"

"Boss, me too!"

"I submitted mine too! My HUB's ID is XXXXX... Could someone take a look and see if the code works?"

Tang Yiping counted, and there were a total of 12 people who submitted code and 12 people who replied to the post, 11 of whom had this style of writing.

The more Tang Yiping looked at them, the more he felt that these people were up to no good.

Is this a sign of looking down on your own coding skills? Huh?
Come on, come on, take a look at my new code!

Absolutely awesome! It'll scare you to death!
A person who is only half-baked and has no real knowledge is most likely to misjudge their own abilities and skills.

Tang Yiping is a case in point.

Of course, it was also Lao Zhang's flattery that gave him an unrealistic understanding of his coding abilities, leading him to make a dramatic transformation from "Don't I know what my level is?" to "I really don't know what my level is?"

Besides these 11 people, another person replied: "Hey bro, I'm a college student and I'd like to find an open-source project to practice on and gain some experience for my future job. I've also submitted some code, so please give me some pointers! PS: I think the code you wrote before was already very good! It just felt a bit rushed, so I made a few minor fixes."

Look, look! There are still discerning college students in this world!

Tang Yiping quickly gave the answer a thumbs up and followed this very discerning college student.

I plan to take a look at this college student's code later. If it's suitable, I'll merge it in and give him a code contribution.

College students help college students!
The way a certain HUB, a large-scale gay dating website, operates is like crowdfunding to write a book and copy book reviews.

You want to write a novel but don't know how, so you post a title, write a couple of chapters, and then start copying the reviews from those envious readers in the book review section. As you copy, a novel is born.

The same applies to writing open-source projects.

You write a project and post it. If someone is interested in your project, they fork it back to their own account, creating a branch. Then they can modify it on their branch, and after they're done, they submit it back to you. If you think the modifications are good, you merge that branch back, creating a new version. Others can then continue branching from there...

This is the backbone of an open-source project.

This is the power of open source, the power of collective wisdom.

Those who submit code and have it successfully merged into the project are code contributors. Of course, if someone's code is not accepted by you, but they feel their code is better than yours, they can release a new version, like a branch of a tree.

In the case of novels, this is called writing fan fiction.

Then the branches branched out again... and gradually it grew into a towering tree.

In terms of novels, there are a ton of fanfiction.

If the branches do grow well, it's not impossible for them to replace the trunk.

In the case of novels, this is called fan fiction killing the official version.

But no matter how you change it, the root of the problem lies with you. Even though you'll get criticized, people will say things like, "You're just an author, what do you know about XXX?"

Tang Yiping first went to the backend to look at the code submitted by the college student, and after looking at it...

Emmmm, sorry, classmate, you need to practice some more. Your current level is still far behind my innate programming genius, Tang Yiping!

Tang Yiping then randomly opened the code of one of the other 11 people and glanced at it.

I was stunned.

Wow, this is really well written!

The code is so well written!

Is this even human? I'd never even dreamed I could write code this well!

If you can write your own code like this, what are you afraid of when looking for a job? What are you afraid of taking a test for? You can easily get a high salary, okay?

Wow, code can be so efficient, concise, and elegant! Compared to that, my own code is just a mess...

At that moment, Tang Yiping suddenly realized that it only takes a second to go from heaven to hell.

Tang Yiping only wants to do one thing right now: remove the code he just updated.

This will definitely be a dark chapter in my history, recorded in the release history, and forever nailed to the pillar of shame.

Why not just take the whole open-source project down? With your level of expertise, you think you can just open-source? What a load of rubbish!

What's even more frightening is using it for comparison.

Tang Yiping felt an even stronger sense of urgency when he placed other people's code next to his own.

On one side is gold-inlaid jade, on the other is a latrine full of excrement.

Tang Yiping took several deep breaths, mentally preparing himself, before returning to the post, finding the ID of the person who had replied, and responding earnestly and respectfully: "Master, I've read your code; it's so well-written, I'm completely awestruck. Please wait a moment, I'll merge it right away. Please give me more guidance; I need to learn a lot..."

After he finished speaking, he planned to merge the code, and then he saw several consecutive "ding-dong" replies below:

"No! Boss! Please don't!"

"Master, it was my fault for being ignorant. I shouldn't have tried to teach someone my own lesson!"

"Please, boss, don't praise me! Please don't praise me! I'm begging you! Please don't praise me!"

"I'm so embarrassed, boss! Please have mercy on me! Spare my life!"

Tang Yiping: "???"

No, is this how you guys are messing with people now?

You not only slapped me in the face, but you also insulted me.

Even if your code is a hundred... well, maybe even ten thousand times better than mine, you still can't do this!

(End of this chapter)