Batch files? Why? This isn't the 90s.
@Signatal in many ways I wish it were the 90s...
@hallmarc sure, but batch files??? I want to use python!
@Signatal ah, same fundamental transparency and maintainability problems pushed even deeper into the stack! Kudos to them!
@hallmarc it's job security for some folks I guess. That's why I rewrote it in python (so other engineers could understand it). Big fan of keep it simple. Sorry if i sound grouchy
@Signatal sure , why not! My dad worked from 1966 to 2007 as a systems analyst/programmer on mainframe payroll/personnel software. He was getting calls to fix things well into 2018.
@Signatal in 10 years time and mostly thanks to gen AI, this kind of job security for most types of software engineer will probably be a quaint notion.
@hallmarc i think 10 years is optimistic. But software engineers will fill other adjacent roles. That's my optimistic side talking. :)
@hallmarc ha, nothing that fancy. Currently a prisoner of ADO yaml crap. We have some really smart engineers who packed the yaml full of batch scripting. The batch scripts end up launching a cmake script in a docker container. Great taste in scripting languages ;)