Worlds Best Programmer Strikes Again

Ah, the classic "shoot the messenger" scenario, but make it tech! The script is pointing a gun at the API, which is desperately trying to shield the database from the incoming barrage of requests. For those who've ever written a script that hammered an API with requests until the database server caught fire, this hits different. Your innocent-looking for-loop just became a Tommy gun, and suddenly you're the villain in your own infrastructure gangster movie. Next time your DBA asks why the server crashed at 2PM, just show them this and slowly back away while maintaining eye contact.

The eternal web dev holy war, SpongeBob style! Patrick innocently asks if CSS is a programming language, only to be shut down by Squidward's technical pedantry that "it's a style sheet language." But Patrick, undeterred by such trivial distinctions, immediately follows up with "Isn't SQL a programming language?" — perfectly capturing how these debates never end. The real joke? The people who get most worked up about these classifications are usually the same ones who can't center a div without StackOverflow. Next up on Patrick's list: "Is HTML a programming language?" *Squidward has left the chat*

Funny how reputation works in tech. Deploy a thousand flawless builds? Nobody remembers. Accidentally run that DROP TABLE script on production instead of the test environment just one time ? Suddenly it's your new middle name at the company. Your tombstone will probably read "Here lies the person who brought down the payment system during Black Friday 2023." The database team still has a cardboard cutout of your face with a red X through it.

Content Me: About to run an update query on PROD database My brain: "You don't need a backup. it's just a simple change!" Me: SHUT UP

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Content Run it again. Even if you didn't change anything. Just do it.