Below are list of some of the most commonly used sentences by programmers either during programming, discussions / meetings, code review, testing.
- I/We’ll will Try
- WTF
- It works on my machine
- We will do it
- Try Restarting the machine
- Why?
- It’s not the way to do
- Kill the process
- I would suggest
- Sure
- S**t
- It works!!!
- That’s not my code.
- I don’t know
- Let me check this
These are just a list of sentences that i come across every day.
Are there any other sentences missing in the above list? Feel free to share it in the comment section of this blog post.

9 comments
Hod
It is not a bug but a feature.
Jun 10, 2012
JR
This will never work.
Why does this work ?
TODO: rewrite everything
FIXIT: fix all this stuff
Jun 10, 2012
Senthil Kumar
Hi JR , that was some cool additions to the list…
Jun 11, 2012
Bruno
For a web developer: “Cache”
Jun 10, 2012
Rahul Dubey
1)please god , let this code work
2)let me try last time
3)coding is fun
4)logic is the key
5)hello world
Jun 11, 2012
Chun Tat David Chu
Haha… I used
1) It works on my machine
2) Try the magic reboot
Jun 11, 2012
alan
1) Theoretically that should work.
2) If it didn’t happen twice, it didn’t happen. (run-time bug)
Jun 11, 2012
khoral
I often use:
” – It passed theoretical tests.
– wtf are theoretical tests?
– I assumed it should work…
“
Jun 12, 2012
Chris Frees
“That’s not my code.” Lol I’ve said that a few times.
Aug 15, 2012