This week on Musical Geek Friday the only song ever about a debugger - Just One More Hack and I'll Put It on the Net!
This song is written and performed by Mark Wheadon.
He says that once, when he worked for The Kent Koftware Tools Group, he had a colleague Mark Russell who was working on a debugger. This guy had been working on this debugger for quite some time, but he'd never got around to releasing it. There was always a new feature, some new functionality that absolutely had to be added before it could be released to the world. After a while this started getting silly, and so for a laugh Mr. Wheadon wrote a song entitled "Just One More Hack and I'll Put It on the Net" to see if he could chivvy him along.
Here it is! The Just One More Hack geek song (also know as "the ups song"):
Download this song: catonmat.net/ftp/mark_wheadon-just_one_more_hack.mp3
Download lyrics: catonmat.net/ftp/mark_wheadon-just_one_more_hack-lyrics.txt
Here are the lyrics of the Just One More Hack song:
Just one more hack and then I'll put it on the net, Just one more hack and then I'll put it on the net, ... Well, I've written a debugger and it suits me just fine it'll chase away your problems, turn your water into wine it's got so many features, in fact it's bloody clever if it can't solve your problem then your problem probably never can be solved so you might as well pack it on in, coz it's the best debugger that there's ever been. Just one more hack and then I'll put it on the net, Just one more hack and then I'll put it on the net, ... It's got everything you wanted, everything you desire it'll handle fancy structures, set your soul on fire it'll indirect through pointers, and catch a falling star and if you ask it nicely it'll pop off to the bar and tell your friends how to solve the problems they're in, coz it's the best debugger that there's ever been. Just one more hack and then I'll put it on the net, Just one more hack and then I'll put it on the net, ... So if you've got a nasty problem and your data structure's bent and your pointer's in a tangle with your structure elements if you're losing all your memory coz your allocator leaks and your girl's getting nasty coz she's not seen you for weeks then stoke up Mark's debugger and you know it'll win, coz it's the best debugger that there's ever been.... Just one more hack and then I'll put it on the net, Just one more hack and then I'll put it on the net, ...
Download "Just One More Hack" Song
Download this song: catonmat.net/ftp/mark_wheadon-just_one_more_hack.mp3
Download lyrics: catonmat.net/ftp/mark_wheadon-just_one_more_hack-lyrics.txt
Have fun and until next geeky Friday!