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Chapter 313 Tonight is Programmer's Night! OIFU's Carnival! (3K)

"We found Brother Cripple! Brother Cripple just came online." At the Touchpoint Connect community service center, Lin Jiaqiang excitedly reported to Tang Yiping while holding his mobile phone.

He himself didn't expect that the lame guy would actually reply to his message.

"Brother Limp said his phone had been dead for days and unlikely to turn back on, but he ran into some guys who looked like soldiers on the street. They borrowed his phone, saying they needed navigation, but then forced him to charge it and forced him to download Robo-FU. Apparently, they installed the wrong app and OIFU too." Lin Jiaqiang looked at Tang Yiping with awe: "Tang, did you arrange this?"

Tang is truly amazing! He's incredibly resourceful!

Tang Yiping: "???"

No, do you have some kind of misconception about me?
Can I arrange this?

How did this happen?
Tang Yiping was completely baffled.

None of these steps sound very likely, right?
Under Lin Jiaqiang's admiring gaze, Tang Yiping propped his head up with his hand, staring at the torrential rain outside the window, deep in thought.

He switched his left hand to his right hand, and his right hand to his left hand. Tang Yiping racked his brains but still couldn't figure it out.

……

While Tang Yiping was deep in thought, in the office of Precision Dimension, Brother Wang and Liu Jiadong had already finished reading the fourth point of the update instructions:
"4. OIFU-IPF is open to all users, allowing anyone to anonymously and without contact post requests (such as food, rest stops, etc.) and offers of help (such as resource points, free services, temporary shelters, skills assistance, etc.) on OIFU. The supply side can set filtering conditions such as 'scope/difficulty level/urgency priority/time window' to decide who to help. All interactions are conducted anonymously and without contact. Successfully providing help on OIFU will earn Robo-Credit based on feedback. This feature is still under development. Please see the feature description for details."

The two of them read this last paragraph very carefully, with the same seriousness they would show when reading a primary school student's essay.

For ordinary people, the update instructions from programmers are a bit "uncommon," but the two of them have gotten used to it.

The last paragraph explains the "Endless Posting Framework," which, simply put, allows all users to post "help" and "assistance" messages.

Then they both glanced down.

There is also a fifth point:

5. Other feature updates.

The two glanced at it, then skipped it and went back to the beginning, reading the four points again from start to finish.

After all, this kind of "other feature updates" is typical of programmers; sometimes they're just too lazy to write the code for other features, leaving it to the readers to discover. And, of course, I might even forget what features or improvements I casually updated myself.

Sometimes there aren't actually any updates or improvements, but what if... there are some hidden Easter eggs that even the software author didn't know about? Right?

Writing a sentence makes the developer seem less of a jerk.

In short, to sum it all up, the last sentence can always be followed by "other updates".

Neither of them took that last sentence seriously.

"Have you finished watching?" Brother Wang asked Liu Jiadong.

"I've finished reading it," Liu Jiadong said.

Brother Wang nodded, took a deep breath, walked to the window, and looked down.

"It's still raining," he said. "The river outside has turned into a raging torrent; it looks like we really won't be able to get back tonight."

Because of the heavy rain, most of the company's employees had already gone home. However, many of the employees worked outdoors and were at their posts when the rainstorm hit. As the company's founder, Brother Wang had to ensure that all of them could return safely, so he stayed at his post. By the time everyone had made sure they had gone home or found a safe place, it was too late for Brother Wang to leave. He was essentially stuck at the company.

Fortunately, Liu Jiadong was with him this time.

Well, it can't be said that it was this time. Anyway, ever since Liu Jiadong came, Brother Wang feels that his life has become happier.

As an open-minded and relaxed startup, Precision Dimensions is quite lenient with its technical staff. As long as they can complete their work, how they work and where they work are not really a big issue. Because of this, there is no overtime culture.

When there's a need to work overtime to tackle a problem, Wang, as the core technology expert and the company's founder and CTO, usually delegates the tasks, letting others work on their own as needed, while he stays behind to work overtime.

At times like these, being all alone in such a large company is truly pitiful.

Given the current company atmosphere, it's unrealistic to expect the younger employees to work overtime.

After all, this is one of the few advantages of precise dimensions. It is because of this relaxed atmosphere that several technically skilled young people did not jump ship to other places with higher salaries.

The internet industry is just experiencing a downturn, not dying. In fact, the precision measurement industry is currently booming, and those who want to switch jobs can actually find work; people are poaching them.

While Precision Dimensions is a very good startup, startups are not valuable in this industry; there are plenty of large companies with stable salaries and extremely high growth potential.

Brother Wang once had a nightmare while working overtime alone. In the dream, everyone felt that the company's future was uncertain and resigned. When he woke up, he found that he was the only one left in the entire development team. He panicked and only felt a little relieved after confirming that it was still late at night.

But ever since Liu Jiadong came, Brother Wang has noticed that, well, every time he works overtime, someone is there to keep him company!

Lao Liu is truly my lifelong friend!
After all, Liu Jiadong is a middle-aged, uninteresting man who lives alone, has no hobbies, and feels no different going back or not going back.

For example, Liu Jiadong hasn't left yet.

"Yes, we can't go back." Liu Jiadong nodded, his expression serious.

Brother Wang paused for a moment, then said, "No one is leaving, and no one can come, which means... no one can bother us tonight! Oh yeah oh yeah oh yeah!"

Brother Wang cheered.

"Don't get too excited yet. Let me check what food is left in the fridge." Liu Jiadong is older and more practical. At a time like this, he probably shouldn't expect to get any takeout.

"Yes, I'll go check what snacks are left," Brother Wang said. He turned to leave, but suddenly stopped. "You're walking ahead, you can't go look first!"

"Am I that kind of person?"

"Hard to say."

"Together!" The two people, whose combined age was almost 80, were acting like two childish fools. Neither of them would allow the other to be a step behind, and they insisted on walking out the door side by side.

Before long, the two returned happily, carrying a lot of food.

"You won't go hungry anymore."

"This is so wonderful!"

"A great start."

Judging from how happy they are, anyone who didn't know better would think they were going to book a hotel room tonight!

In reality, the two of them just intended to...

Look at the code.

Then the two of them went to their respective computers.

"It's about to begin!"

"let's start!"

The two of them opened the code they had downloaded.

Programmer's Night, let's begin!
I thought it would be a long night, but to my surprise, Tang updated OIFU!

Moreover, judging from the update notes, this update is exceptionally exciting!

At the same time, on L station, someone posted a thread:
"Does anyone else lie to their wife like I did, saying they had to work overtime tonight, but are actually looking at Tang's code right now?"

Below is a group of people:

"same!"

"Same as above!"

"I don't have a wife, but I canceled my date with my girlfriend! Isn't that much better than going to the movies?"

"The blind date is canceled. What blind date? I need to see the code!"

"My boss thinks I'm working overtime and has already ordered me a work meal. I feel guilty, what should I do?"

"Let's look at Hirako's code together with the boss!"

"No, the boss isn't from a software background and can't understand code."

"Pingzi's code is so clear that even my eighty-year-old grandmother said she could understand it."

The comments below have formed a long queue.

After a while, the comments below began to turn into exclamations of amazement:

"Holy crap, this new framework! Extremely simple, so simple it's elegant... Holy crap, is this even something I can understand?"

"My eighty-year-old grandmother might actually be able to understand it."

"Looking at Hirako's code, I have the illusion that I actually know a lot about programming."

"Why? Why can such a powerful framework be written so simply and clearly? Has Hirako mastered some kind of coding magic?"

"If the authors of a tutorial had used code like Pingzi's as teaching material, I might have learned it better back then. I'm talking about you, Qiang!"

"Not only have I understood it, I've even started preparing to write a plugin! Really? That's incredibly fast!"

"Everyone, I have a question. If I develop a plugin for OIFU, can I say that I have submitted code to OIFU?"

"Wait, does that mean my name might appear on the contributor list?"

"Holy crap, my internship and dream of working at a top company are finally secured!"

Then, things started to get very tense.

"By the time you realize it, it'll be too late!"

"The lazy people are still replying to posts, while the diligent people have already written hundreds of lines of code."

"In my previous life, I failed to submit code to OIFU. I thought it was too late. Now that I'm reborn, I'm determined to seize this fleeting opportunity. I will use my strength to show everyone that what I've lost, I will take back myself!"

"The first PR for OIFUv2.0 will definitely be mine!"

"Conquer OIFU, get promoted and receive a raise, and reach the pinnacle of your life!"

"It doesn't matter how much code you write, what matters is passing Tang's review. In the tortoise and the hare race, the winner isn't always the hare."

"I may not know how to submit a PR, but surely I can submit a plugin? The first plugin will definitely be mine!"

In the office of Precision Dimension, Brother Wang and Liu Jiadong exchanged a glance.

After seeing Tang Yiping's new framework, both of them were extremely shocked.

"Holy crap, Hirako's coding skills... he's figured out his own way of doing things."

(End of this chapter)