I've had the same thing happen. We had a guy write some JNI code (C shim for Java). It was woeful; didn't even check the return value of getenv(). I don't find out until this thing crashes first deployment in production.

Another example: our Java and QA guys wondered why they couldn't get Jmeter to do Kerberos authentication. I quickly Googled and found that their Jmeter used a version pf Apache's HTTP library which couldn't do Kerberos. They just needed to update.

I'm constantly asked 'quick' questions (unfortunately quick questions tend to have the longer answers).

I ask them dumb questions and ask them to ask dumb questions (why, where, what) but it's taken to be insincere. Perhaps it's just straight fatigue that I find difficult to hide.

I realise I need a new job, even if its giant drop in salary.