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Chapter 225 Submitting code to Hirako is too difficult! (6K, Lingfeng Sui adds 110 extra chapters)

At 5 p.m., the evening rush hour began.

Traffic congestion began to appear near Qihang Building.

The weather outside the window was scorching hot, and pedestrians hurried along, hiding in the shade on both sides of the road.

The 42nd floor, however, was cool and pleasant, with the air conditioning on full blast.

Tang Yiping was sitting in a corner on the 42nd floor, scrolling through posts on the forum.

His bug bounty post has now been up and down for hundreds of posts, accumulating dozens of different rewards.

There are valuable "team spots" offered by 5090 big shots, internal referral spots from major companies, and various online resources of varying value, such as VPS, cloud server resources, rare accounts, industry software activation codes, and vouchers from network service providers of varying value; there are also physical items such as keyboards, mice, figurines, and souvenirs. In addition, there are some abstract things, such as incomprehensible rewards like "the kiss my goddess gave me last night" or "call me daddy for a day".

This post fully reveals the emptiness of the inner world of contemporary programmers and their abstract way of dealing with people.

Leaving aside these abstract things, Tang Yiping was incredibly envious of the various rewards offered by the big shots on the forum!

No, no!

If I write a bug myself and then find the bug myself, can I collect all the rewards?
No, no, no...

How did my OIFU suddenly become this kind of character?

If you guys have so much free time, why are you picking on my OIFU?
Can't you guys contribute some code to help me?

But... you'd be lucky to find a bug!
My code has been certified by [DieChong]. If you can find bugs here, how can you live up to the sacrifices of [DieChong]?

"Hmm... should I join in the fun and set up a bounty or something?" Tang Yiping suddenly had a whimsical idea.

It's not that it's impossible...

What is the reward for?

Ugh! Why not just offer a reward?

Anyone can do abstract art!
"I'll also add a bounty: if anyone can find a bug in my code, I'll crossdress!"

Tang Yiping's reward caused the post to become incredibly popular again.

"Damn, if you like cross-dressing so much, you don't need to offer a bounty, just dress up as a woman!"

"What? There's going to be some fun? I wasn't planning on participating, but now I have no choice but to accept the challenge!"

"What? Hirako wants to wear women's clothes? I'm not against it! I don't care about this or that!"

Just as Tang Yiping was having fun with his friends, someone tagged him in the forum.

“Hingzi, I’ve submitted a PR to add a high-contrast, extra-large font accessibility mode to OIFU, because I think those who need OIFU are probably more vulnerable groups and the elderly, who generally have poor eyesight…”

Tang Yiping was taken aback.

Huh? This means... someone submitted code to me?
He quickly opened the interface of the open-source project and saw a prompt in the upper right corner.

And it wasn't just one, it was two.

"New pull request #1: feat: Added high-speed multi-network download mirror..."

"New pull request #2: style: Add accessibility mode with high contrast and extra-large font."

To be honest, it was a new thing for Tang Yiping to have other people submit code.

The last time someone submitted code to him was when he had just released FOEW.

Many people thought his code was too old-fashioned and clichéd, and submitted a bunch of code to him.

result……

As everyone later learned, the happier they were when they submitted the application, the more thoroughly they regretted it afterward.

Each person sliding on their knees faster than the last.

FOEW rose to fame during that battle.

Because of the way his code created new mechanisms from a series of bugs, no one has submitted code to him since.

As a result, his "open source" software still has only one code contributor to this day...

This is utterly worthless open-source software! Damn it!

And now, someone has actually submitted code to him again!

Tang Yiping was so excited!

Could it be that I can finally merge other people's branches?
The first submission was actually made by the expert 5090.

Strictly speaking, this is not called submitting code.

What 5090 did was build a multi-network, multi-platform mirror server for Tang Yiping, and all Tang Yiping had to do was put the download address in the redeem.

Tang Yiping tested it and found that the download speed was extremely fast, fully utilizing the network.

We immediately pulled this PR file over.

This solved a major problem for Tang Yiping, because ordinary people probably couldn't even find a place to download on a certain HUB, and many people's networks weren't able to download either.

After merging the first branch, Tang Yiping turned his attention to the second.

Sure enough, it was the accessibility skin submitted by that forum veteran named "A Piece of Dust".

The person who submitted the code also has the ID "yi-ke-chen", which indicates that it is a newly registered account.

This person is probably not familiar with open-source projects.

The PR description states that his father used to work on construction sites and had poor eyesight. He submitted this code in the hope of helping people like his father.

To be honest, Tang Yiping felt quite touched.

Sure enough, my OIFU still needs to rely on open source and collective wisdom! How come I didn't think of this? I still lack experience.

Tang Yiping quickly replied: "Thank you, sir! Is your father also in Hailing?"

The other party did not reply.

They're probably busy with something else.

Tang Yiping wasn't in a hurry, since not many people actually make open source their main job; most of them just do it out of passion after finishing their main jobs.

He switched pages and went to look at the code the other party had submitted.

It was indeed a barrier-free skin. Tang Yiping glanced at it and thought there shouldn't be any problems. Just as he was about to pull it over, he suddenly stopped...

Wait, what did I just do?
Did I say that if OIFU has a bug, I'll crossdress?

What...did I do?
Tang Yiping was stunned.

When he was writing the OIFU software, he didn't put too much pressure on himself.

All the bugs marked by "[Stacked Bugs]" were fixed because the bug driver is marked with "[0xT1P]". If this mechanism appears in your own code, it will expose your malware.

As long as Tang Yiping writes a bug himself, there will definitely be [Stack Bugs] inhabiting it, so Tang Yiping must drive them all away.

But the code submitted by others is different. Tang Yiping only needs to review it, and if there are no problems, he can merge the branches. It's not like Tang Yiping wrote it himself. Even if there are bugs in it, there won't be a situation where [Diechong] joins.

But the problem is...

After merging branches, if someone else finds a bug.

Would I have to dress as a woman?
So I'll just decide to dress as a woman myself?

Could it be that I really do like wearing women's clothing?
bah bah bah!
How can it be?

What to do now?
Tang Yiping cried because he was so stupid.

Why didn't I think of this before I said I was going to post photos of myself in women's clothing?

Is it too late for me to make changes now?

Tang Yiping looked at the interface code.

You can't see all the problems just by looking at the code logic.

Interface-related issues are incredibly diverse, given the countless mobile phone environments, resolutions, and usage scenarios.

Large fonts and icons are inherently prone to UI bugs. Tang Yiping didn't even know if [Diechong] was effective against such bugs, since it wasn't a logic bug, but it might just make the display look distorted or ugly.

Hmm... this can't be considered a bug, right?

Tang Yiping thought that it wouldn't have a big impact anyway.

If all else fails, I'll just wear women's clothes!
So you really like cross-dressing, huh?
Just as Tang Yiping was about to merge the branches, the big shot "One Dust" replied to his message.

“No, he didn’t get any water that time and died of heatstroke,” said Dust Boss. “He’s probably seven or eight years old now.”

Tang Yiping stood there, stunned, unsure how to respond.

He felt a heavy weight in his heart.

"So, when I saw OIFU, I thought, if he had such software back then, he would have been so happy... Drinking expired water is bad, but at least he could drink it! But his phone only had a small screen, and all the fonts were turned up to the maximum. He couldn't use many programs, and the original interface would definitely be messed up. What if he couldn't understand how to use the program? What if he couldn't click on the button to open it?"

"A dusty old man said."

Tang Yiping stopped what he was about to do to merge the branches.

To be honest, Tang Yiping didn't think about all this when he was writing OIFU.

Tang Yiping was eighteen or nineteen years old, and his parents were only in their early forties, so he didn't think too much about it.

Yes, what if an elderly person needs a bottle of water but the interface is stuck?
How can that work?

They're not young people; they won't even restart or find other ways to bypass it.

Tang Yiping took a deep breath, opened the code submitted by the master craftsman Chen again, read it carefully once more, and then began testing!
It's time to show you the power of Tang, the student with the innate divine body!
……

In another distant city, "A Piece of Dust," having answered the question, looked up at the little boy running outside the car.

The little boy, about seven or eight years old, was carrying several bottles of purified water when he ran quickly toward several landscaping workers who were busy in the green belt by the roadside.

"Grandpa, here's some water for you."

The workers in the green belt paused for a moment, looked up, and stared at the boy whose face was flushed from the heat.

"Grandpa, here's some water for you. You've worked so hard," he said.

"Ah... thank you, thank you, no need, no need." Several landscaping workers quickly waved their hands.

"Here you go! Remember to drink plenty of water in the summer!" The little boy shoved the water bottle into the gardener's hand without a word, then ran back to the car parked by the roadside, climbed into the back seat, and waved to the outside before getting in: "Goodbye, Grandpa!"

Goodbye! Goodbye!

Several landscaping workers smiled warmly and waved to the car.

"Let's go home." A speck of dust waved to the outside of the car, then stepped on the gas. Several landscaping workers waved back at the car until it turned the corner.

At the moment he turned the corner, a speck of dust glanced into the distance again, and in a daze, he seemed to see that familiar face waving to him from afar.

People often ask him why he always fills only half the trunk with water, and why he always stops when he sees busy people on the roadside.

He always just smiled and didn't say anything. Some regrets, no matter how many times you try to make amends, can never be made up for the very first time.

But some people don't need to have regrets.

"Mom's working overtime today, what are we having for dinner?" he asked the boy in the back seat.

"French fries and hamburgers!"

"let's go!"

"I want an ice cream cone too!"

"Okay, arranged!"

"Dad, you are the best!"

"Hehehehehe, what if Mom asks what we ate for dinner?"

"Dad's cooking is awful!"

"Right! How bad was it?"

"It tastes awful! It's all vegetables, I almost threw up!"

“That’s right!” A speck of dust gave a thumbs up to the person in the back seat.

In the sweltering summer, the fast food restaurant was packed with people. After waiting for a long time, we finally found a table. I ordered hamburgers, fries, and ice cream cones for the two of us, and an iced cola for myself. One sip and I felt refreshed.

Then, he recalled the accessible version of the UI that he had written while slacking off before leaving get off work during the day.

I wonder if Hirako has merged the branches yet.

I really hope this can help more people.

Then, he opened his phone and saw a dense barrage of message notifications.

what's the situation?
A speck of dust was a little confused.

He clicked on the notification and saw Tang Yiping's dense, line-by-line comments on the code he submitted.

For a moment, he felt a chill run down his spine. How long had it been since his front-end interface had been subjected to so many questions?

What's the situation?
"Thanks for the contribution. After testing on a small-screen device, I found that when the phone's font size is set to maximum and the product name is too long, some text overflows. [Screenshot.jpg]"

"The previous bug didn't have a significant impact, but after the product text overflowed in the image above, the layout here became disordered, making the confirm button unclickable. [Screenshot.jpg]"

"Testing on an older device revealed that the app crashes after enabling high contrast mode. Further testing showed that the color filter library you're using to increase contrast may be causing crashes due to GPU driver conflicts. Video 1.mp4, Video 2.mp4..."

For a moment, Yichen felt as if he wasn't eating at a fast food restaurant, but had returned to the interview scene when he joined the company.

I wrote a terrible answer to the interview questions.

Although the store was somewhat stuffy, a cool sensation ran from the top of his head to his tailbone, even more refreshing than the iced cola he had just drunk.

Even a speck of dust doesn't know what its true feelings are.

Feeling ashamed? Embarrassed? Losing face?
Pshaw, I can't hold a fart!
Isn't it what I said, that if the interface is messed up and the buttons are stuck, they can't be opened?
What are you talking about?!

"I'll start making changes right away! Just a moment!" A speck of dust immediately turned around, took out a notebook from his backpack, and spread it out on the table in front of him.

"Dad, I'm finished eating. Let's go home," the son said.

"Go play on the little slide for a while, Dad will be busy with work."

"Okay!" The son was very excited and ran off to play, while Yichen focused all his energy and began to make wild revisions.

He felt that it had been at least ten years since he had worked that hard.

He read through all 25 comments line by line, making changes one by one, and reflecting on each one as he read.

No wonder no one could find any bugs in Hirako's project!

Pingzi's code is really solid and steady, you could only call it "mediocre", but his testing ability is really strong!
No wonder the code is so bad, yet it's bug-free!

Compared to Heiheiko, our company's testing is simply idiotic!

Submitting code to Hirako is so difficult!

But... that's really nice.

he thinks.

It's been a long time since I've done something meaningful with such seriousness.

Compared to all of this, my own job is like carving flowers on shit.

Two hours later, he resubmitted the code, and when he looked up, he saw his wife holding their son, looking at him with a half-smile.

On this day, a piece of dust was caught red-handed by his wife when she returned from working overtime because he had taken his son to play at a fast food restaurant too late. He was almost forced to kneel on a keyboard.

After submitting the code twice more, around 10 p.m., Tang Yiping finally merged his code into the branch.

OIFU's V0.11 update adds an accessibility skin and enables large font and high contrast functions.

Meanwhile, a notification flashed before Tang Yiping's eyes:
—The unknown Homo sapiens has become the cognitive anchor for "Working Mask" and "Tang, the Code Mediocre Student," and "Tang, the Code Mediocre Student" has been solidified. (9/10)

Tang Yiping felt offended.

Who? Who thinks my code is mediocre again? Om? Are you looking for death?! What's so mediocre about my code?! Want to fight? Come on, let's have a one-on-one!
……

Back home, after putting his son to sleep, Yikechen turned on the computer, opened the forum, and started a new thread.

He felt it was time to write down the regrets that had been weighing on his heart for so many years.

I finally, finally, finally did something.

"I urge everyone to recommend OIFU to everyone around you who needs it. Today I keep thinking, how wonderful it would be if there was an OIFU back then."

Let's not have such regrets again.

After finishing his post, he went to the balcony, smoked a cigarette, took out a bottle of purified water, and raised his glass to the myriad lights and starry sky outside the window.

……

Qihang Building, 42nd floor.

This floor, which is used as a sightseeing and public leisure area, is usually closed at this time, but it has been temporarily requisitioned today.

Li Tieqiang, Gao Ming, and Shen Hong had already taken a nap on the sofa.

Tang Yiping looked up and saw that Shen Hong was awake. He handed over a cell phone, saying, "Here you go, thank you Uncle Shen for letting me use your phone to test."

"Oh, you're welcome." Shen Hong, the oldest among them, said honestly, he never expected his phone to be used in this way...

Actually, he doesn't usually let anyone touch his phone, but...

For some reason, Tang Yiping always seemed to inspire trust in people.

"Are you done testing?"

“The interface testing is complete,” Tang Yiping said. “However, I still have a few PRs to review.”

"Well... you go ahead with your work." Shen Hong watched Tang Yiping from behind for a while longer, then sat back down on the sofa and muttered softly, "Is this what open source is?"

He certainly couldn't understand it, but he found it very amazing.

One person starts a project, and then everyone starts pooling their wisdom and efforts to build it together.

This feeling is so wonderful.

In the current social environment, he has not felt or experienced anything like this for a long time.

“How is that possible? I asked our tech team before, and they said that most open-source projects are completely ignored and don’t even make a ripple. Pingzi’s influence is really strong…” Gao Ming exclaimed, then reported, “The tech team just sent me a message saying that they can find some information about [Touchpoint Interconnect], although it’s very little, but… it’s appeared!”

Shen Hong was shocked: "Really?"

He turned to look at Tang Yiping, who was still working hard.

Tang Yiping's method actually works?
Is it really possible to deal with this terrifying power of forgetting in such a way?
Moreover, he had initially thought that Tang Yiping not using his true identity would affect efficiency, but now it seems...

It doesn't seem to have had much of an impact?

Wow, this kid is amazing!

"Wow, Hirako's amazing!" Gao Ming exclaimed. "He can actually write code!"

Shen Hong sighed.

So you didn't really investigate Hirako in any way, did you?

He could understand Gao Ming's taboos.

Even if it were him, someone so powerful wouldn't dare to investigate him further.

When he investigated Tang Yiping, he knew nothing about Tang Yiping.

At that time, Tang Yiping had already left a deep and indelible impression on Gao Ming.

Even he himself didn't realize that he was "avoiding mentioning the faults of those in power."

They deliberately avoided investigating Tang Yiping's secret.

“However… technically speaking, Pingzi’s coding is quite average. Of course, for his age, it’s not bad… No one can be good at everything, right?” Gao Ming said.

Tang Yiping, who was reviewing the code, suddenly looked up.

A notification popped up in front of his eyes:

—The unknown Homo sapiens has become the cognitive anchor for [Tang, the mediocre coder], and [Tang, the mediocre coder] has been solidified. (10/10)

—You have acquired and solidified the [Working Mask - Mediocre Code Student Tang]. While you are wearing this [Working Mask], you can have the identity of [Mediocre Code Student Tang] and form a fixed impression. Most people will automatically ignore information that contradicts [Mediocre Code Student Tang]. Only in very rare cases will a cognitive paradox arise that threatens your [Working Mask].

Tang Yiping: "..."

Who is it again? Why are they here again?
Want to fight?

My code is so good! Where exactly is it mediocre?
Can you please stop discouraging me from writing code again and again?
Although obtaining and solidifying the "Working Mask - Tang Yiping, the Mediocre Coder" identity is a good thing, as it means that Tang Yiping doesn't have to worry about his true identity being exposed for the time being, but... why am I so unhappy?

Tang Yiping sighed, lowered his head, and looked at the other PR staff.

To be honest, he was a little tired. He was considering whether to take a nap first or choose another PR to continue reviewing the code.

Then, he saw a familiar ID.

"LZ77".

Tang Yiping's eyes widened.

This is Li Ze's ID.

Li Ze is an open-source expert. Tang Yiping joined Linghai Technology because of Li Ze.

Ze Ge has written several open-source projects that are essentially like wheels, covering various aspects such as front-end rendering, multi-concurrency processing, and data compression. He is a true expert in the industry and was the one who inspired Tang Yiping to join the open-source world.

Today, Ze Ge even contributed some code to me!
Tang Yiping was no longer sleepy.

Hahaha, if Shen Qianyu knew, he'd cry, right?
Let me see what Brother Ze wrote for me!
(End of this chapter)