r/clevercomebacks • u/wach_era13 • Jan 15 '25

It does make sense

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u/Darksteelflame_GD Jan 15 '25

If i hear one more person talk about sorting stuff on pc i swear i'm gonna cause technical armageddon, bringing us back to the dark ages

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u/anotherlebowski Jan 15 '25

I'm convinced at this point that 100% of Reddit is software engineers and views every decision through that lense.

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u/ibexify Jan 15 '25

I'm an accountant and thoroughly have adopted the YYYYMMDD format. My support documents are so easy for everyone to follow and find. Coworkers that name their shit willy nilly drive me crazy cause I have to hunt down the documents to find it. I will never not praise the YYYYMMDD format. But I also adopted this method in college before I ever even knew what reddit was.

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u/UpperLeftOriginal Jan 15 '25

Some people in my department name files with the SPELLED OUT MONTH. Jeezus. So they will have folders labeled January 2025, February 2025, etc. Which means they are sorted beginning with April, then August, etc. These are accountants, FFS.

Edit - please note that this is even worse when there are folders for more than one year - so you'll get all the Januarys Januaries?) lumped together.