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I can't believe people are still using GUMBIES when there are so many better alternatives. (files.catbox.moe)

submitted 8 months ago by LolaCat@lemmy.ca to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

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[Screenshot of a Mastodon post]

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@sc_griffith@mathstodon.xyz
programmers are always posting like "worked on tracking down an issue with a Flurble deployment for twelve hours. the problem wasn't in Flurble at all - it was in the Gumbies install. It turns out if you install Gumbies 3.0 over Gumbies 2.7 and don't do a cache flush on all the client spiders they'll get stuck in the crystal maze." then you look up Gumbies and the site is one of those scroll scroll scroll types with one sentence per page, like

"GUMBIES is a lean, expressive sharding sandcube for testing and deploying large scale Woodchips playgrounds.

GUMBIES automates and streamlines away watersliding phases, meaning your team can get right to the chipping.

See why Microsoft, OpenAl and Bloingo have embraced GUMBIES in their Woodchips workflows."

and you get to the bottom and you're like I want this I guess but I still don't know what it is

chaussurre

Maybe there wouldn't be as many issues with the crystal maze if GUMBIES POSTED DOCUMENTATION. HOW THE FUCK DO YOU WORK YEARS ON A STABLE GUMBIES CLIENT SPIDER API AND NOT WRITE A LINE OF DOCUMENTATION DO YOU WANT PEOPLE TO NOT USE YOUR SOFTWARE???

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Oh and WHY THE FUCK THE OFFICIALLY RECOMMENDED NPM PACKAGE FOR GUMBIES HAVE BEEN IN VERSION 0.1.1 FOR SEVEN YEARS AND SEEMS TO BE DEVELOPED BY "powerwolf112", who hasn't answered a single message in GitHub since 2021????

For all the bells in hell, there are massive websites that are using this amateur crap to defrumbulate their typescript decorators!

anarchywoofwoof

found this thread while trying to debug an issue just checking if anyone knows whether GUMBIES is backward compatible with Pea Gravel playground deployments or if its exclusive to Woodchips thanks in advance

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[-] otter@lemmy.ca 146 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Since this was originally a Mastodon post, here it is :)

https://mathstodon.xyz/@sc_griffith/110749575739905416

It's fun that it went: Mastodon (fediverse) --> Tumblr (non-fedi) --> Lemmy (Fedi)

[-] muntedcrocodile@lemmy.world 59 points 8 months ago

Is the fediverse starting to get rolled into the mainstream content farm. Might help our cause and get more people on the bandwagon.

[-] doingthestuff@lemmy.world 40 points 8 months ago

I saw an article posted on Facebook yesterday about the five guys burgers and fries price complaints, and it quoted word for word comments I saw on a thread here on Lemmy the day before that.

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[-] tkk13909@sopuli.xyz 13 points 8 months ago

Yeah usually we just go from Tumblr to Fedi. This is kinda interesting.

[-] WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 40 points 8 months ago

Turns out the content holds the value, and the hosting platform is a mostly replaceable and interchangeable delivery mechanism. Who would've thunk?

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[-] RustyNova@lemmy.world 116 points 8 months ago

I won't lie, but content like this is what I love on programmerhumor.

Also just use the (inferior) open source version of GUMBIES called GRUMBOSS. It's way better!

[-] s12@sopuli.xyz 32 points 8 months ago

The recent regulation changes at the end of February kinda killed GRUMBOSS though.

https://youtube.com/shorts/xEHSbHH4F_k?si=06iPTcwXRgQuT2qb

[-] Valmond@lemmy.mindoki.com 21 points 8 months ago

LUMBIES is open source MIT and GPL3+

Just saying.

[-] entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org 15 points 8 months ago

Yeah, but LUMBIES is missing catScratcher integration! That's a core feature for my use case and the dev has taken a (ridiculous IMO) proud moral stance against any sort of felidae-adjacent features

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[-] arandomthought@sh.itjust.works 108 points 8 months ago

I am not 100% convinced that this is satire...
Gumbies isn't real... Right?

[-] tkk13909@sopuli.xyz 74 points 8 months ago

Wdym? Gumbies is a must-have for any competent Summit developer these days!

[-] amio@kbin.social 57 points 8 months ago

Give some JS dev about fifteen minutes

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[-] peak_dunning_krueger@feddit.de 39 points 8 months ago

Gumbies isn't real, but if you can explain to me how CI/CL or github actions work using only their documentation I'm going to proverbially eat a hat.

[-] sukhmel@programming.dev 16 points 8 months ago

using only their documentation

Wdym, are you expecting me to explain something using nothing at all‽

This is really very relatable, some projects lack both clarity and documentation, and trying to make sense of internals from the examples is a mess of a process

[-] arandomthought@sh.itjust.works 10 points 8 months ago

Funny you should mention GitHub actions. It's exactly one of those tools where I was like "this seems cool. I would like to use it, but I don't even know what for..." and then when I tried to look into it some more I was just more confused than before.

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[-] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 17 points 8 months ago

I'd say God isn't that cruel, but

[-] Malix@sopuli.xyz 15 points 8 months ago

https://www.gumbies.co.uk/ it's real all right.

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[-] JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 90 points 8 months ago

Thanks everyone, I figured it out.

[-] loutr@sh.itjust.works 86 points 8 months ago

[-] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 41 points 8 months ago

Alternatively: "Never mind, I figured it out"

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[-] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 77 points 8 months ago

I experienced a new hell today

The whole of the documentation was in video format and you had to accept all cookies to play the videos

At least with GUMBIES not having documentation there is a wide thread of people asking questions on third party sites

[-] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 14 points 8 months ago

This was legitimately part of the reason I went with Laminas instead of Laravel for a project. I really don't want critical documentation to be in video form.

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[-] tkk13909@sopuli.xyz 76 points 8 months ago

Wait a second... Is that a Mastodon screenshot on a Tumblr blog?!?

[-] arandomthought@sh.itjust.works 61 points 8 months ago

Quick! Screenshot it here and post it on Facebook! The cycle must continue!

[-] jerrythegenius@lemmy.world 11 points 8 months ago

I'm not on facebook, so I took a screenshot and put it on discord

[-] sukhmel@programming.dev 13 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Satan saying: I just wanted to say I'm a huge fan

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[-] frezik@midwest.social 74 points 8 months ago

By the end of the post chain, I could no longer tell if this was a joke or not.

[-] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 23 points 8 months ago

It'll be extra fun in a few years when someone names their project after this joke.

[-] Poutinetown@lemmy.ca 11 points 8 months ago

And stop answering on GitHub after 7 years on v0.1.1

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[-] Naich@kbin.social 59 points 8 months ago

Every time I want to do something, I have a look around the baffling ecosystem of frameworks and end up writing it from scratch because it's easier than wading through the bullshit.

[-] dgriffith@aussie.zone 14 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

You should release what you've written as a framework, that's what everyone else is doing.

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[-] nulluser@programming.dev 55 points 8 months ago

Now I understand where ChatGPT hallucinations come from.

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[-] KittyCat@lemmy.world 51 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

I fed this into chat gpt asking for documentation to add to the gibberish and confusion:

GUMBIES: Sharding Sandcube for Woodchips Playgrounds Overview GUMBIES is a robust, expressive sharding sandcube designed for testing and deploying large-scale Woodchips playgrounds. It serves as a versatile tool to automate and streamline the watersliding phases of the Woodchips workflow, allowing your team to focus on the essential chipping activities.

Key Features Sharding Sandcube: GUMBIES provides a lean and efficient environment for sharding, allowing for the creation and management of scalable Woodchips playgrounds.

Expressive Automation: Automate repetitive tasks and streamline processes, enabling your team to achieve quicker and more efficient Woodchips deployments.

Woodchips Workflow Integration: GUMBIES seamlessly integrates into Woodchips workflows, enhancing the testing and deployment experience for development teams.

Benefits Efficiency: GUMBIES accelerates the testing and deployment phases, reducing the time spent on setting up and managing Woodchips environments.

Scalability: With sharding capabilities, GUMBIES supports the scalability requirements of large Woodchips playgrounds, ensuring optimal performance.

Compatibility: Trusted by industry leaders like Microsoft, OpenAl, and Bloingo, GUMBIES is a reliable choice for Woodchips workflows.

Getting Started Installation

npm install -g gumbies

Basic Usage Initialize a new Woodchips playground:

gumbies init my_woodchips_playground

Configure the playground settings:

cd my_woodchips_playground gumbies configure

Start the Woodchips playground:

gumbies start

Visit our documentation website for detailed instructions, advanced configurations, and troubleshooting.

Testimonials

"GUMBIES has significantly improved our Woodchips workflows, providing a reliable and efficient platform for testing and deploying". Microsoft

"The expressive automation capabilities of GUMBIES have streamlined our development processes, allowing us to focus on Woodchipping without distractions." OpenAl

"Bloingo trusts GUMBIES for its scalability and compatibility with Woodchips. A valuable addition to any development toolkit." - Bloingo

Support and Community For support, bug reports, or feature requests, visit our GitHub repository or join our community forum here.

Embrace the efficiency and scalability of GUMBIES in your Woodchips workflows. Get started today for a smoother development experience.

[-] huquad@lemmy.ml 38 points 8 months ago

GUMBIES isn't real, it can't hurt me...

[-] Cort@lemmy.world 15 points 8 months ago

Oh honey, just because it's not real doesn't mean it can't hurt you. Just look up Roko's basilisk as an example.

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[-] chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.world 36 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

ThomThumb:

@anarchywoofwoof I found some documentation that answers your question: https://www.deadlink.com/dontevenclick

anarchywoofwoof:

@ThomThumb Thanks, that's exactly what I needed, so glad to have the answer to my problem. I'll leave this up for anyone that has the same issue.

[-] Redkey@programming.dev 26 points 8 months ago

Thr34dN3cr0 wrote (14:12 5/17/2019):

Does anyone have a way to fix this in the latest version? I've been looking all day but none of the answers I've found work.

Thr34dN3cr0 wrote (14:48 5/17/2019):

nvm figured it out.

[-] elxeno@lemm.ee 13 points 8 months ago

dead link

[-] muntedcrocodile@lemmy.world 12 points 8 months ago

Nolonger works with current api check out https://www.deadlink.com/dontevenclick#migrate for how to update

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[-] ICastFist@programming.dev 29 points 8 months ago

The GUMBIES page being one sentence per scroll scroll scroll is right on point for a fuckload of projects. Even the text feels like it was copy pasted from a real project

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[-] JakenVeina@lemm.ee 28 points 8 months ago

If you're unsure about GUMBIES, you should take a look at this video.

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[-] Blackmist@feddit.uk 26 points 8 months ago

Kubernetes homepage is the real life example of this.

[-] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 15 points 8 months ago

There are innumerable examples.

My typical attitude is "I was fine without "latest fad" until now, I'll still be fine now that I still know nothing about it". And I forget about the whole thing. It'll probably vanish fifteen months later anyway.

As an aside, who even makes those caricatural, utterly content free websites, and then pats themselves on the back thinking that's a job well done? They've obviously put some amount of work into those things. Is the point to make it seem like it's a cool super secret society or what?