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Dis Ap Point Ed Ye Tagain

1 hour ago 13.6K views 0 shares

Every developer's journey to enlightenment: Google the bug, find that sacred GitHub issue from 2017, think "surely this ancient artifact has been resolved by the maintainers," scroll through four pages of increasingly desperate comments, only to find h4t0n asking the real question 7 days ago with zero responses. The cycle of disappointment is complete. GODDAMMIT indeed. The real kicker? You're not just disappointed—you're disappointed again , because deep down you knew this would happen. That 2017 issue is still open for a reason, and h4t0n's comment is basically your own internal monologue externalized into the void. Welcome to open source, where issues age like fine wine but never get resolved.

I Love Those Scrum Meetings

Agile Programming

2 hours ago 37.5K views 0 shares

The ultimate dream setup for daily standups: a fully reclined gaming throne where you can deliver your status update while achieving maximum comfort and minimum effort. "Nothing from my end, thanks" has never been said with such ergonomic perfection. The chair costs more than your monthly salary, but hey, at least you're comfortable while pretending those 15-minute meetings won't somehow stretch into 45. Bonus points if you keep your camera off and just unmute once to deliver your line. The Scrum Master can't prove you're not paying attention when you're this horizontal.

Array Is Syntax Sugar

C++ Programming

3 hours ago 48.4K views 0 shares

C enthusiasts will tell you their language is "close to the metal" and "elegant in its simplicity," then casually drop the fact that a[10] is literally just *(a + 10) in disguise. Array indexing? That's just pointer arithmetic with training wheels. The blue character is so proud of this "feature" that they're explaining it like it's a flex. Meanwhile, everyone else is slowly backing away because once you realize arrays don't actually exist and you've been doing pointer math this whole time, you can never unsee it. It's like finding out Santa isn't real, except Santa is memory safety and he was never real to begin with. Fun fact: This is why 10[a] also works in C. Because *(10 + a) is the same as *(a + 10) . Addition is commutative. Your compiler doesn't care about your feelings.

Before And After LLM Raise

AI Programming

3 hours ago 53.8K views 0 shares

Remember when typos in comments were embarrassing? Now they're a power move. Since AI code assistants became mainstream, developers went from apologizing for spelling mistakes to absolutely not caring because the LLM understands perfectly anyway. That smol, insecure doge representing pre-AI devs who meticulously proofread every comment has evolved into an absolute unit who just slams typos into comments with zero shame. Why? Because ChatGPT, Copilot, and friends don't judge your spelling—they judge your logic. The code works, the AI gets it, ship it. Honestly, this is peak developer evolution: from caring about presentation to pure functionality. The machines have freed us from the tyranny of spellcheck.

Email Powered By Javascript And Bad Decisions

Javascript Webdev Programming Debugging Testing

4 hours ago 58.0K views 0 shares

Email Powered By Javascript And Bad Decisions

When your bank's email template literally just prints "null" as your name because someone forgot to check if the variable exists before shoving it into the template. Like, imagine the developer who wrote Dear ${customerName}, and just assumed it would ALWAYS have a value. Spoiler alert: it didn't. The absolute AUDACITY of a major bank sending out emails that scream "we didn't test this" while simultaneously including a massive disclaimer about how their emails might be intercepted, corrupted, or contain viruses. Well, the biggest virus here is your quality assurance process, my friend. Nothing says "we value your business" quite like addressing you as the JavaScript equivalent of "404: Customer Not Found." At least they were sincere about it. Sincerely null. 💀

Internet Priorities

Networking Webdev Frontend

4 hours ago 64.4K views 0 shares

Your 4K video buffers for 10 minutes? That's fine, the internet will load it in 144p quality from 2005. But the moment an ad needs to play? Suddenly we've got NASA-level bandwidth and crystal clear HD streaming. It's almost like ad servers get priority routing while your actual content is stuck in dial-up purgatory. The conspiracy theorist in me wants to believe ISPs have a secret turbo button reserved exclusively for advertisements. Meanwhile, your connection is out here looking like it's being transmitted via carrier pigeon.

I Answered Before Thinking

Programming Agile

5 hours ago 70.1K views 0 shares

That moment when your eagerness to please overrides your survival instincts. Junior dev just committed to a 6-month timeline without consulting the team, and now the entire corporate hierarchy is staring at them like they just volunteered to rebuild the monolith from scratch using only Notepad. The Harry Potter trial scene format is chef's kiss here—because that's exactly what it feels like when you realize your manager, mentor, Chief Architect, CTO, and CEO are all silently calculating how many overtime hours you just promised. Your mentor's disappointed face hits different when you know they've been trying to teach you the ancient art of "let me check with the team first." Pro tip: The correct answer is always "Let me review the requirements and get back to you with a realistic estimate." But we all learn this lesson the hard way, usually while debugging at 2 AM during month five of that six-month sprint.

Fckgw

Windows Security Microsoft

5 hours ago 75.7K views 0 shares

Knights charging the castle walls, ready to storm the fortress, only to be stopped by the legendary Software Licence Wizard. The wizard's power? Making you enter a product key. So naturally, Sir Torrent shows up with the crack. The knight's face when he's told to "deploy the crack" is the face of every IT person who's been handed questionable software by management. That defeated "yes" from the wizard? That's the sound of DRM giving up. For those who weren't installing Windows XP in the early 2000s: FCKGW-RHQQ2-YXRKT-8TG6W-2B7Q8 was the most famous Windows XP Corporate product key that circulated the internet. It became so legendary that Microsoft had to blacklist it. The title is literally the first five characters of that key—instant nostalgia for anyone who lived through that era. Sir Torrent casually offering to "smoke this" with the wizard is peak medieval software piracy energy.

I Survived.

Gamedev Programming Debugging

6 hours ago 79.4K views 0 shares

Game jams are basically speedrunning game development while your body slowly transforms into a sentient energy drink. 72 hours of non-stop coding, debugging physics engines that defy actual physics, and arguing whether your pixel art looks "retro" or just "bad." By the end, you've created something that technically runs, consumed your body weight in caffeine, and lost all concept of time and personal hygiene. That exhausted Pepe stare? That's the look of someone who just shipped a game held together by duct tape, prayer, and approximately 47 TODO comments. Victory has never looked so defeated.

QA Skipped. Chaos Delivered.

Frontend Webdev Android Ios Programming

9 hours ago 124.2K views 0 shares

Frontend dev thought they could ship responsive design without testing on actual devices. Now they're frantically checking if their CSS Grid masterpiece looks like abstract art on every screen size known to humanity. The progression from confident desktop view to "why does this button overlap three continents on mobile" is a journey we've all witnessed. Bonus points for the MacBook in the background - because nothing says "I've made a terrible mistake" like needing to debug on four devices simultaneously while your production deployment timer counts down. Should've listened to QA. They would've caught this before users started tweeting screenshots.

When Developers Use AI

AI Programming Debugging

9 hours ago 128.3K views 0 shares

Normal people use ChatGPT like civilized humans having a polite conversation with their AI assistant. Meanwhile, developers at ungodly hours have transformed into some sort of deranged puppet masters, spawning MULTIPLE ChatGPT instances like they're summoning an army of code-generating minions. Why have one AI when you can orchestrate an entire SYMPHONY of artificial intelligence, each one probably working on a different part of the same cursed project that's due tomorrow? It's giving "I've opened 47 Stack Overflow tabs but make it AI." The sheer chaos energy of juggling multiple AI conversations simultaneously while your brain runs on pure caffeine and desperation is truly unmatched. Welcome to modern software development, where we've gone from rubber duck debugging to commanding a legion of robot ducks.

Don't You Dare Touch It!

Linux Devops Bash Programming

10 hours ago 131.7K views 0 shares

You spent three weeks getting that Linux setup just right . Every config file tweaked to perfection, every package dependency resolved, the display manager finally working after that kernel update fiasco. It's a delicate ecosystem held together by bash scripts and pure willpower. Then your buddy walks in like "Hey, let me just install this one thing..." and you're immediately in full defensive mode. One wrong sudo apt install and you'll be spending your entire weekend reinstalling drivers and figuring out why X11 suddenly hates you. Touch my .bashrc ? That's a paddlin'. Mess with my carefully curated window manager config? Believe it or not, also a paddlin'. Linux users become surprisingly territorial once they've achieved that mythical "it just works" state. Because we all know it's only one chmod 777 away from chaos.

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