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Would You Add Easter Eggs To Software Produced At Work?

Posted by Soulskill on from the throw-in-a-flight-sim dept.

Mr. Leinad writes "Do you add Easter Eggs to the software that is produced at the office? I mean, if you have complete control over the final product, do you spice it up with that little personal touch, which, as unlikely as it is that anyone will see, carries with it an 'I was here' signature? I've just finished the development of a large software product, and I have a couple of days left to try to add my own personal Easter Egg code, but given that the software is quite professional, I don't know if I should. What do you think? Should we developers sign our creations?"

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  1. Re:Well, yes by girlintraining · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Well, I'm +5 and you didn't even have the decency to post using your real nick. :) Sometimes you gotta break some eggs to make an omelette and anyone who's worked in this industry knows that management can be ignorant, paranoid, and unwilling to change. Much of our technology works because the people who make it work take a less draconian view than you would. And having a sense of humor about it saves on aspirin. I care about keeping the business running... Let management care about... well, whatever it is these guys were up to.

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  2. Easter Eggs?? by Morgan927 · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    These comments only apply for code written for customers/clients, for internal use code, I will laugh at the egg, then have it removed, and the writer admonished to not waste time on that crap a second time.....

    For delivered code..... If a coder/developer chooses a name or example or whatnot that was not specified in the spec, I find that okay. If the "Easter Egg" is executable code, or takes more memory or disk space than the spec'ed code requires -- I will fire them and blackball them! No excuse for that childishness.

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  3. Re:Software is not a house. by ChameleonDave · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    There really are two attitudes that one can have to open-source software. Firstly, one can consider that it ought to be just as good as proprietary software, and one day replace it. Alternatively, one can consider that, as a hobby thing, anything goes.

    If you have the first attitude, we can discuss the pros and cons of programs, as people interested in technology are wont to do. If you have the second attitude, your opinion on everything is predictable, and you therefore contribute nothing by opening your mouth.