WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH BIBTEX?!?!?!?

Socksorting/bibliography.bib

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-@article{My colleague et al., 
+@article{otherarticle,
   title   = {A first approach to sock sorting},
   journal = {Journal of laundry science},
   author  = {My colleague et al.},

Socksorting/defs.tex

@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 
 % Bibliography
 
-\usepackage[backend=biber]{biblatex}
+\usepackage[backend=biber,style=alphabetic,sorting=ynt]{biblatex}
 
 \DefineBibliographyStrings{english}{andothers={+}}
 

Socksorting/project.tex

@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ $n$ being the number of items currently inside the basket.
 To fully appreciate the gravity of \acronym it has to first be discussed
 how most resent research tackles the problem of sock sorting.
 The following code describes the most recently developed sock sorting
-algorithm from the paper by \citeauthor{My colleague et al.} Which is the current
+algorithm from the paper by my colleague which is the current
 industry standard. Notice the code has a runtime complexity of $\mathcal{O}(n^2)$.
 
 \begin{algorithm}
@@ -197,8 +197,5 @@ research and personal advancement.\\
 It is also only appropriate to thank the air. Without it no laundry would be 
 dry and we would not have written this paper.\\
 
-\begingroup
-\setlength\bibitemsep{0pt}
-\setlength\bibnamesep{0pt}
-\printbibliography[heading=subbibliography]
-\endgroup
+
+\printbibliography[]