Hardware Memes

Hardware: where software engineers go to discover that physical objects don't have ctrl+z. These memes celebrate the world of tangible computing, from the satisfaction of a perfect cable management setup to the horror of static electricity at exactly the wrong moment. If you've ever upgraded a PC only to create new bottlenecks, explained to non-technical people why more RAM won't fix their internet speed, or developed an emotional attachment to a specific keyboard, you'll find your tribe here. From the endless debate between PC and Mac to the special joy of finally affording that GPU you've been eyeing for months, this collection captures the unique blend of precision and chaos that is hardware.

If It Works, Don't Touch It
Hardware Networking Security Devops
6 hours ago 47.8K views 0 shares
If It Works, Don't Touch It
That network switch has clearly been running flawlessly since the Clinton administration. Covered in dust, cobwebs, and what appears to be ancient plaster, it's the digital equivalent of that one load-bearing piece of code written by someone who left the company 8 years ago. Touch it? Might as well pull the pin on a grenade while you're at it. This is why network engineers develop that thousand-yard stare by year five.

Tech Workers
Hardware Iot Programming Debugging
14 hours ago 52.1K views 0 shares
Tech Workers
The ultimate irony of working in tech! While enthusiasts fill their homes with smart fridges that judge their midnight snacking habits, actual tech workers maintain a strictly adversarial relationship with the one printer they reluctantly own. That mysterious grinding noise at 2:14 AM? Definitely the printer plotting its revenge. The paranoia is justified—anyone who's debugged a printer driver knows these devices operate on dark magic rather than actual protocols. The gun is just proper threat modeling for inevitable printer rebellion.

The Distinguished Gentleman's Graphics Card
Hardware Gamedev
1 day ago 38.0K views 0 shares
The Distinguished Gentleman's Graphics Card
The eternal battle of GPU upgrades summed up in one frog. While everyone's losing their minds over the RTX 4090 and its ability to heat small villages, this distinguished gentleman is standing firm with his trusty 3070. It's the hardware equivalent of saying "my 2015 Toyota still gets me to work just fine" while your friends finance Tesla payments they can't afford. The 3070 remains a solid card that runs most games without setting your desk on fire or requiring a second mortgage. Revolutionary concept: using hardware until it actually stops meeting your needs!

Gonna Run It In My Github Actions Later
Hardware Devops Git Gamedev Programming
1 day ago 65.6K views 0 shares
Gonna Run It In My Github Actions Later
Ah yes, modern gaming in a nutshell! A massive bear labeled "NEW AAA GAMES" requiring a nuclear-powered rig with "RTX 5090, AMD RX 7900, 64GB RAM, 1TB SSD" just to launch the title screen. Meanwhile, the humble wolf "DOOM 1993" runs perfectly on a calculator with "CPU, GPU (OPTIONAL)" specs. The real joke? That GitHub Actions workflow is gonna time out before your AAA game even finishes downloading the shader cache. Meanwhile, DOOM is probably already running on your CI/CD pipeline's error logs.

Explained To Gen Z Why The Save Button Looks Like That
Hardware Webdev Programming Frontend
1 day ago 57.5K views 0 shares
Explained To Gen Z Why The Save Button Looks Like That
Oh the existential crisis of realizing kids think floppy disks are just weird 3D-printed save icons! That 3.5" diskette in the image—with its mighty 1.44MB capacity—was once cutting-edge tech that could store approximately 1/3000th of your average smartphone photo. Back then, we'd physically insert our data into computers like barbarians instead of summoning it from the mystical cloud. The real kicker? That little plastic square outlived its usefulness decades ago but somehow achieved digital immortality as an icon. It's like using a hieroglyph emoji—nobody's seen the real thing in ages, but we all know what it means!

When Your Kid Asks For A Switch For Christmas
Hardware Networking
1 day ago 63.7K views 0 shares
When Your Kid Asks For A Switch For Christmas
Kid: "Dad, can I get a Switch for Christmas?" Dad, who's been configuring Cisco routers since the 90s: "Say no more!" The crushing disappointment on that kid's face is what happens when you don't use proper technical specifications in a house full of nerds. Nintendo? Ethernet? Who knows! Next time he'll submit a detailed product requirements document with model numbers and hyperlinks. That's how you learn to communicate with engineers in the wild.

F 35 No Cd Crack
Hardware Networking Security Programming
1 day ago 56.8K views 0 shares
F 35 No Cd Crack
Remember when we'd hunt for game cracks to bypass those pesky CD checks? This genius is applying that same energy to literal fighter jets ! 😂 The F-35 apparently needs regular license verification like it's some overpriced Adobe software, and this person's solution is straight from the 2000s piracy playbook. Just search "F-35 NO-CD crack" and boom—military-grade DRM bypassed! Next thing you know they'll be downloading more RAM for the Pentagon's computers. Piracy... uh... finds a way. 🏴‍☠️

The Digital Resurrection
Hardware Microsoft Windows Programming Frontend
1 day ago 56.7K views 0 shares
The Digital Resurrection
The sacred resurrection of ancient tech! Floppy disks—those square relics that Gen Z thinks are just 3D-printed save icons—sacrificed themselves to digital obsolescence only to be immortalized as the universal "save" symbol. Their physical form perished so their spiritual legacy could live on in every toolbar across the digital universe. Next time you click that little square icon, pour one out for the 1.44MB martyr that died for your sins of not backing up your work.

Total Bloatware Death
Hardware Webdev Gamedev Programming Debugging
2 days ago 46.4K views 0 shares
Total Bloatware Death
The ultimate bloatware assassin: hire one dev with a potato laptop and rural internet as your team's performance gatekeeper! 🥔💻 Imagine trying to explain why your fancy ray-tracing feature won't load on their ancient 2GB RAM machine while they're legally permitted to roast you into oblivion. "But it works on MY machine" won't save you from their dial-up-powered wrath! It's like having a performance budget enforcer with actual consequences. Add unnecessary bloat? Face the ancient laptop tribunal and pray for mercy. The dream solution for a world drowning in electron apps that somehow need 16GB RAM to display "Hello World"!

Your Next Task Is To Code On This
Hardware Programming
2 days ago 53.1K views 0 shares
Your Next Task Is To Code On This
Ah yes, the final boss of ergonomics! Nothing says "we hate developers" quite like forcing them to code on a split keyboard that looks like it survived a medieval torture chamber. The project manager probably read an article about "optimizing developer productivity" and decided that physical pain is the secret ingredient. Next week's challenge: coding with oven mitts while standing on one foot. Because if your wrists aren't crying, are you even programming?

Only LAN Connection Available
Hardware Networking
2 days ago 60.7K views 1 shares
Only LAN Connection Available
When the hotel advertises "high-speed internet" but you show up and it's just two ethernet cables you need to physically connect between buildings. Sure, technically it's a "direct connection" with "no router bottlenecks." Next they'll tell me their cloud service is just a USB stick taped to a weather balloon.

Nintendo Dont Sue Me For Copying The Dpcm Bugfix From Smb For A Nes Game I Made
Hardware Gamedev Unity Programming
2 days ago 71.9K views 0 shares
Nintendo Dont Sue Me For Copying The Dpcm Bugfix From Smb For A Nes Game I Made
The duality of developer ethics! While parents and schools drill "plagiarism bad" into our brains, the reality of coding is... slightly different . That NES DPCM bugfix from Super Mario Bros? Just "inspiration" for your game! The stick figure duality is perfect - honest thief vs. defensive "borrower." Nintendo's legal team is typing furiously somewhere while retro game devs nod knowingly. It's not stealing if you call it "referencing legacy implementation patterns." 😏