When we finally onboarded the D365 ERP replacement, management wanted to run perf testing on it told them we could do it in JMeter, and we already had JMeter code that we’d used for the older systems, and we’d learned more than enough from including it in integration automation, that I was sure we could do it.

Instead they hired two chodes from an agency and told them to use some odd tool. Literally a month into that project one of the contractors asked me straight up why we weren’t just using JMeter.

They eventually cut those guys because they weren’t able to produce, and then went with some kookball Akamai solution (Cloudtest?) They didn’t even seem to realize that by going with that solution, they were going to be beholden to paying Akamai every time they wanted to run it. They somehow managed to cajole Akamai into giving us a standalone version of the tool, but they didn’t seem to comprehend that when you run it that way you don’t get the cloud.

It’s funny, someone asked me the other day why I quit that job, and I’m now suddenly starting to remember why.

It was actually a pretty good company, it just wasn’t a software company, so its tech decisions were often really bonkers. But that aside, it was actually a good company, and part of me kicks myself for leaving it – I’d probably still be working there four years later.

I might have needed a lot of therapy in the meantime, though

Salesmen

Frankly it’s a bit like HyperCard.

One of the things we learned early on in trying to integrate a D365 system into our UI integration test automation, was that when you changed pages, the previous page was actually still in the DOM and so if you didn’t update your locators to the new “context” or screen, you’d be trying to interact with things from two screens ago. I dunno honestly what they would have done without someone like me who could actually RE that. The guy that had seniority over me was completely lost.

Imagine JS and C# had a baby, and it was mentally challenged.

We used it for ERP, including sales, CSR, and inventory. But we still had a separate WMS, and we had to build glue to sync the WMS inventory data with the D365 data, bidirectionally.

Pray you never do

Yeppers. When I worked on a D365 transition we were upgrading from a 1980s era DOS based thing (D3 aka Pick). We literally had like one of the last Pick developers left on earth. He ended up training his two kids on the system so they could take over for him. They all ended up having to learn X++ instead. I wonder which was worse to deal with.

I spent the better part of a year and a half writing automation for an integrated stack that included D365. (RSAT wasn’t an option since we had to also interact with other systems and sql databases and what not to perform end-to-end flows across multiple systems.) It was literally the biggest resource and time suck of all the stuff we had to interact with – and we had to interact with some really hoky stuff. But D365 took the cake. At least two people quit over it.

When I get my IROC I’m planning to do this.

Can you not just transfer via usb drive connection?

Are you sure about this?

This is a procedure they use when you get locked out of your account.

I would be thrilled for the USG to deport me. Like where would they even send me? At least before New England finally secedes that is.

Jelly

remembering what your grandkid likes is dementia now?

I had this the other way with my ex. She would say “I always liked X” and then I’d get her an X-related gift and she’d go “um okay, random.” Thing is she was supposedly feeding me with hints I never got.

It’s kinda fucked up how few people are comprehending this photo. They think it’s about fridges full of one thing

Somebody never had a clock with roman numerals and it shows

I remember getting into an argument with a grade school teacher over IIII because most such clocks put that for 4 instead of IV because of some fuckin reason

Mother fucker this hits hard

I used to use the stall because the idea of whipping my thingy out at the urinals in front of other boys seemed messed up, and then the other kids would be trying to look in on the stall I was in. motherfuckers.

save the bread clips from finished loaves because you’re probably gonna lose one of those fuckers someday and you’ll be glad you saved this one

I really got suckered by this once

Once

Shoes were on sale for $39.99

Regular price was $40

And then they suckered me into a store credit card, which I never used, but had to fight for six months to erase a fraudulent charge on