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What's A TXT Record

44 minutes ago 9.3K views 0 shares

Someone just asked what a TXT record is and now the entire DNS infrastructure is having an existential crisis. The rant starts off strong: naming servers? Pointless. DNS queries? Never needed. The hosts.txt file was RIGHT THERE doing its job perfectly fine before we overengineered everything. Then comes the kicker—sysadmins apparently want to know "your server's location" and "arbitrary text" which sounds like something a "deranged" person would dream up. But wait... that's literally what TXT records do. They store arbitrary text strings in DNS for things like SPF, DKIM, domain verification, and other critical internet infrastructure. The irony is thicker than a poorly configured DNS zone file. The punchline? After this whole tirade about DNS being useless, they show what "REAL DNS" looks like—three increasingly complex diagrams that nobody understands, followed by a simple DNS query example. The response: "They have played us for absolute fools." Translation: DNS is actually incredibly complex and essential, and maybe we shouldn't have been complaining about TXT records in the first place. It's the classic developer move of calling something stupid right before realizing you don't actually understand how it works.

These Prices Omg…..

Hardware Programming

1 hour ago 24.6K views 0 shares

When your RGB RAM costs the same as a used car, you know you've entered the PC building dimension where priorities get... interesting. That Corsair Dominator Titanium DDR5 kit will set you back enough to buy a perfectly functional 2004 Volkswagen Golf. Both will get you places, but only one has RGB lighting and marginally better compile times. The real kicker? You'll justify the RAM purchase by saying "but I need it for Docker containers" while that Golf could actually take you to the office. But let's be honest, nobody's choosing reliable transportation over shaving 0.3 seconds off their webpack build time. Priorities are priorities.

What Really Makes A Programmer Insecure?

Security Webdev Networking Programming Frontend

3 hours ago 47.3K views 0 shares

What Really Makes A Programmer Insecure?

Someone asked r/AskReddit "What screams 'I'm insecure'?" and the top answer is just "http://" — because nothing says emotional vulnerability quite like transmitting data in plaintext over an unencrypted connection. While everyone else is sharing deep psychological insights about human behavior, this programmer saw their moment and went straight for the jugular. The joke hits different when you realize we're all silently judging every website still running HTTP in 2024. That little padlock icon isn't just about security anymore; it's about self-respect.

Sql Love Affair

Databases Programming Backend

4 hours ago 53.8K views 0 shares

Oh honey, someone just turned database design into relationship advice and honestly? They're not wrong. The setup is *chef's kiss* – girl asks what you need for a good relationship, and this absolute legend responds with "PRIMARY KEYS" because apparently we're all just living in one giant relational database and nobody told us. For those blissfully unaware: primary keys are what keep your database tables from descending into chaos. They're unique identifiers that make sure every record is special and can be properly referenced – you know, like how you'd want to uniquely identify your significant other instead of accidentally texting the wrong person named "Alex" in your contacts. Without primary keys, your relationships (and your data) would be a hot mess of duplicates and confusion. So yeah, turns out good data integrity and good relationships have more in common than we thought. Who knew SQL was secretly a dating guru this whole time?

Brilliant Maneuver

Backend Golang AWS Programming Java

4 hours ago 59.4K views 0 shares

The corporate ladder climb speedrun any%. Dude took a perfectly functional Java service that ran flawlessly for 5 years and nuked it with an unnecessary microservices rewrite in Go—just to pad the resume with "scope" and "complexity" for that sweet L5 to L6 promotion at Amazon. The result? A system that's slower, costs 2x more, and has memory leaks that wake people up at 2 AM. But hey, the 20-page design doc was strategic enough to fool management. The real galaxy brain move though? Getting promoted, then immediately transferring to a "chill Core Infra team" before the whole thing implodes. Now some poor new grad inherits a ticking time bomb for $550k TC while our protagonist is sipping coffee, off-call, watching the chaos unfold from a safe distance. Truly a masterclass in corporate self-preservation and passing the buck. Fun fact: This is basically the tech industry version of "I'm not stuck in here with you, you're stuck in here with me"—except the villain escapes before the final act.

In This Case It's Not Just Microsoft, Which I Assume Is Short For Soft Micro-Penis...

AI Microsoft Programming

5 hours ago 65.8K views 0 shares

In This Case It's Not Just Microsoft, Which I Assume Is Short For Soft Micro-Penis...

So apparently the secret to climbing the corporate ladder at tech giants is just shouting "AI" at every meeting. Parrot discovers the cheat code to instant promotion: just repeat the magic buzzword and boom—senior product director. This perfectly captures how every company in 2023-2024 collectively lost their minds and decided to slap "AI" on literally everything. Your toaster? AI-powered. Your shoelaces? Machine learning optimized. A feature that's just a glorified if-statement? Revolutionary AI breakthrough. The parrot wearing a graduation cap is *chef's kiss* because it implies zero actual understanding required—just mimicry. Which, ironically, is exactly what most "AI integration" meetings sound like anyway.

Next Version 3.14.69.420 (Ultimate Version)

Python Math Programming

5 hours ago 68.3K views 0 shares

Next Version 3.14.69.420 (Ultimate Version)

Python developers have been waiting CENTURIES for the prophecy to be fulfilled, and here it is—Python 3.14.0, the version number that starts with π (3.14), scheduled for October 2025. But wait, someone's already plotting the ULTIMATE evolution: π-thon. Because why stop at mathematical perfection when you can literally rename the entire language after it? The version number in the title (3.14.69.420) is peak developer humor—combining pi, the nice number, and the weed number into one glorious semantic versioning nightmare that would make every package manager weep tears of confusion. Someone's product manager is going to have a FIELD DAY trying to explain that version scheme in the release notes. The sheer determination in those eyes says "I've been planning this joke since Python 3.0 was released" and honestly? Respect. The Python community is already preparing their π-themed memes for the release party.

The Beginner Vibe Coder Mindset

AI Webdev Programming

6 hours ago 80.9K views 0 shares

When you let ChatGPT write 90% of your code and genuinely believe you've ascended to some kind of architectural enlightenment. Spoiler: you haven't. You're just really good at hitting Ctrl+V now. The brutal reality is that while the LLM is churning out boilerplate, you're not learning system design, scalability patterns, or how to debug that spaghetti when it inevitably breaks at 2 AM. You're basically speedrunning technical debt while calling it "productivity." Sure, AI tools are useful. But thinking they've freed you up for "high-level architecture" when you can't explain what your own codebase does is like saying you're a chef because you can microwave Hot Pockets. The trap is real, and it's got a 90% acceptance rate.

What Else Programming Related Can Convert You Into Believer

Hardware Webdev Programming Frontend Backend

9 hours ago 130.4K views 0 shares

What Else Programming Related Can Convert You Into Believer

Imagine RAM getting so scarce and pricey that devs actually have to *gasp* optimize their code and think about memory management. No more spinning up 47 Chrome tabs with 8GB each. No more Electron apps eating RAM like it's an all-you-can-eat buffet. Suddenly everyone's writing efficient code, profiling memory leaks, and actually caring about performance. The idea that a hardware shortage could force an entire generation of developers to rediscover what "resource constraints" means is so absurdly dystopian yet plausible that it might actually restore faith in divine intervention. Because let's be real—nothing short of a biblical RAM apocalypse is getting modern devs to stop treating memory like it's infinite.

Zuckerberg Be Like

Webdev Frontend

10 hours ago 142.6K views 1 shares

The guy who built an empire on addictive dopamine-driven feeds and infinite scroll mechanics doesn't even use his own products. There's Zuck casually strolling through a room full of people strapped into VR headsets like he's Neo walking through the Matrix, except everyone else is stuck in his simulation while he's out here breathing real air. It's the ultimate tech irony: create something so immersive that people can't look away, then personally avoid it like you know something they don't. Spoiler alert: he does. Same energy as tobacco executives who don't smoke or fast food CEOs with personal chefs. Build the metaverse, live in reality. Classic move.

I Read Cooking

Programming Debugging Frontend Backend

13 hours ago 181.3K views 1 shares

You start the day full of enthusiasm, ready to build the next big thing. Five hours later you're holding an assault rifle pointed at your monitor because the CSS won't center, the API returned a 500 for no reason, and you've restarted the dev server 47 times. The transformation from "passionate developer" to "office shooter" speedrun is real. At least she's got good trigger discipline while contemplating whether to shoot the computer or herself first.

Its A Peaceful Life

Hardware Gamedev

16 hours ago 214.6K views 0 shares

While everyone else is having heated debates about whether the RTX 5070 beats the AMD 9070 or arguing over marginal FPS differences in games they'll never actually play, you're sitting there with your GTX 980 from 2014, still running everything you need just fine. No driver drama, no power supply upgrades, no selling a kidney for the latest silicon. Just you and your decade-old card, living your best life in peaceful ignorance of the GPU wars. Sometimes the real victory is not caring about the benchmark wars and just enjoying what you have. Your 980 may not ray-trace, but it also doesn't require a separate breaker box.

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