[pessimizer]

You're doing the thing he was trying to avoid. You want to have a discussion about this hypothetical emoji and make a bunch of statements about the psychology of the person who doesn't want to waste his life on it. Nothing like being accused of not liking "fun" when you don't want to do something useless at work.

Maybe not everybody likes goofy emojis, or Harry Potter references, or whatever easy nothing passes as wit for some people, and they think it makes everything less professional and introduces unnecessary maintenance. Those people have to make the choice to shut up about it, or mention it and have somebody tell them they're joyless.

edit: irt 418, it's historical and it has already imposed most of its maintenance burden. But using it when you're not a teapot is forcing the meme.

[souldeux]

As a former engineering manager: no, I don't want to have a discussion about the hypothetical emoji. I want the engineer to put a rocketship in their commit message to have a slightly brighter day, and I want to acknowledge that someone else made a positive comment about it.

If you are genuinely at the point in your life where "people saying they like things" is the same as ... what you're describing ... please be aware of the emotional impact you're having on the people around you.

[bavell]

Because nothing brightens an engineer's day like putting rocketship emojis in commit messages

[dleary]

We need to talk about your flair.

Now, it’s up to you whether or not you just want to do the minimum.

But look at Brian over there! He has 4, sometimes 5 emojis in his commit messages! And a terrific smile…

[lgats]

possible reference to https://youtu.be/F7SNEdjftno?si=HgwhGPbwL8U8deOo

[DanielHB]

it wasn't about putting emojis in commit messages, it was about putting them in the application