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The Real Answer Might Surprise Them

1 day ago 239.1K views 0 shares

Plot twist: the people romanticizing pre-AI coding were literally just Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V warriors from Stack Overflow. At least ChatGPT gives you fresh bugs instead of that same deprecated solution from 2014 that somehow still has 847 upvotes. The nervous side-eye says it all—nothing screams "I totally wrote this myself" like code that still has someone else's variable names in it.

Hire The Guy

Frontend AI Webdev Programming

1 day ago 237.7K views 0 shares

Someone "fixed" OpenAI's UI by making the popup text more concise and readable, then shot their shot asking for a job at $5/hour plus a can of cola. Honestly? That's underselling yourself king, but I respect the hustle. The side-by-side comparison shows how a simple UI tweak can make a huge difference—turns out even AI companies need better UX designers. The salary negotiation strategy is questionable though. Even interns get paid more than that, and they usually don't even get the cola. Fun fact: The original popup is unnecessarily wordy. "Run your next API request by adding credits" vs "Run your next API request by ad..." (cut off). Sometimes the best code is the code you delete, and apparently the same goes for UI copy.

I Still Haven't Figured Out How To Do This

Microsoft Windows Programming

1 day ago 229.9K views 0 shares

I Still Haven't Figured Out How To Do This

You can reverse-engineer a distributed microservices architecture, debug race conditions in multithreaded applications, and optimize algorithms to O(log n), but deleting a blank page in Word? That's where we draw the line. Microsoft Word's pagination system operates on ancient dark magic that predates modern computing—it's literally easier to rewrite the entire document than figure out why that phantom page exists. The irony of being called "technologically advanced" while frantically mashing backspace and delete like a caveman discovering fire is just *chef's kiss*. Fun fact: Those blank pages are usually caused by paragraph marks, section breaks, or page breaks that Word hides like Easter eggs from hell. But will you remember that next time? Absolutely not.

Where Does This Scale On The Monitor Alignment Chart?

Windows Hardware Microsoft

1 day ago 219.8K views 0 shares

Where Does This Scale On The Monitor Alignment Chart?

Someone's Windows display settings got absolutely wrecked, and now they're being asked to identify which monitor is which in a lineup that looks like someone played Tetris with their screens while having a seizure. The monitors are numbered 1-12 in what appears to be the result of plugging in every display device you've ever owned simultaneously—probably after a driver update or unplugging the wrong HDMI cable. The best part? Monitor 11 is highlighted and positioned vertically like it's trying to escape this chaos. Someone's definitely running a setup that involves at least three different GPU outputs, two USB-C adapters that barely work, and one monitor that only turns on if you sacrifice a chicken to the display gods. The "Identify" button at the bottom is doing some heavy lifting here, because good luck figuring out which physical screen corresponds to number 7 without a PhD in spatial reasoning. Fun fact: Windows has supported up to 10 displays since Windows 7, but just because you *can* doesn't mean you *should*. This setup probably requires more cable management than a data center and draws enough power to dim the neighborhood lights.

Audio Issues Man, Audio Issues...

Linux Hardware Debugging

1 day ago 191.9K views 1 shares

The fantasy: "I'll switch to Linux and become a productivity god!" The reality: spending 6 hours troubleshooting why your audio randomly cuts out, why Bluetooth refuses to pair, and why your headphones work in one app but not another. PulseAudio? PipeWire? ALSA? Who knows! You just wanted to listen to Spotify while coding, but now you're knee-deep in Stack Overflow threads from 2014 and editing config files you don't understand. Meanwhile, your Windows-using coworker just... plugged in their headphones and it worked. The pain is real.

It Works That's Enough

Programming Debugging Frontend Backend

1 day ago 214.2K views 0 shares

You know that feeling when you've got a function that somehow works despite violating every principle of clean code, defying all logic, and looking like it was assembled by a drunk architect? Yeah, that's this balcony. It serves its purpose—technically—but nobody understands how or why, and the structural integrity is... questionable at best. The best part? You're too terrified to refactor it because the moment you touch that one line, the entire application might collapse. So you just leave it there, add a comment like "// DO NOT TOUCH - it works, idk why", and slowly back away. Ship it to production and pray the next developer doesn't ask questions. Legacy code in its purest form—functional, horrifying, and absolutely untouchable.

Happens Way Too Often

Bash Programming Linux Backend

1 day ago 211.7K views 0 shares

You know that moment when your brain is screaming "FFMPEG! IT'S FFMPEG!" but your fingers are already committed to typing FFMPREG? SpongeBob here perfectly captures that internal battle we all lose. The muscle memory just takes over and suddenly you're staring at "command not found" wondering why your terminal hates you. The worst part? You know it's wrong. You've typed ffmpeg a thousand times. But there's something about the MPEG part that makes your fingers want to throw in random letters like you're playing keyboard Scrabble. It's like your brain autocorrects to the most phonetically awkward version possible. Bonus points if you've also typed "ffpmeg" or "fmpeg" in the same session. At that point just alias it to "videothing" and call it a day.

Looks Good To AI Bros Though

Security AI Programming Databases Backend

1 day ago 204.4K views 0 shares

Oh look, it's the classic SQL injection vulnerability that would make Bobby Tables proud, but with extra steps and worse syntax. The "AI-generated" query is literally concatenating user input directly into a SELECT statement, then somehow trying to GET values from variables that don't exist, AND mixing up assignment operators like it's having an identity crisis. But sure, "vibe coders" who learned from ChatGPT think this is perfectly fine production code. If those kids actually understood parameterized queries, prepared statements, or literally any basic security principle from the last 20 years, they'd realize this is a hacker's wet dream. One simple '; DROP TABLE users;-- and your entire database is toast. The real tragedy? AI code generators will confidently spit out garbage like this, and junior devs who don't know better will ship it straight to prod. Then they'll be shocked when their company makes headlines for a data breach. But hey, at least the code "works" in their local environment! 🎉

True Or True

Javascript Programming Debugging

1 day ago 198.6K views 0 shares

When you need to make absolutely sure something is true, so you just... set it to true in both branches. The classic "I've covered all my bases" approach that covers absolutely nothing. Either the data exists and we're setting trueOrFalse to true, or it doesn't exist and we're setting trueOrFalse to true. Bulletproof logic right there. This is the programming equivalent of those "choose your own adventure" books where every path leads to the same ending. Just skip the if-else and assign it directly, my friend. Your code reviewer is going to have a field day with this one.

It Never Ends For The Enthusiasts...

Hardware Iot Linux

1 day ago 198.4K views 0 shares

Raspberry Pi enthusiasts buying their "first" Pi is like a gateway drug. You tell yourself it's just one board for that cool project you've been thinking about. Fast forward six months and you've got a drawer full of Pi Zeros, Pi 4s, and a few Pi 3s you forgot existed. Meanwhile, PC builders? They've been in the hardware addiction cycle since the 90s. "Just gonna upgrade my GPU" turns into a new motherboard, RAM, CPU cooler, RGB fans, and somehow a second monitor. The veteran PC builder looks at the Raspberry Pi newbie with that weathered expression that says "welcome to the never-ending upgrade spiral, kid." Both groups share the same curse: convincing yourself you need another one for a project that'll definitely happen this time. Spoiler: it won't.

Documenting For Everyone Else Yeah Thats Definitely Why

Programming

22 hours ago 199.0K views 0 shares

Documenting For Everyone Else Yeah Thats Definitely Why

Ah yes, the classic "I'm doing this for the team" excuse when really you're just trying to remember what the hell that function does three hours from now. We all pretend we're being altruistic team players writing detailed comments and documentation, but deep down we know the truth: our memory is about as reliable as JavaScript's type system. You'll write a brilliant algorithm at 2 AM, feel like a genius, and then come back the next morning staring at your own code like it's written in ancient hieroglyphics. That's when you realize past-you was actually looking out for future-you, not the junior dev who might inherit this codebase. The real MVP is the comment that says "don't touch this, I don't know why it works either."

When The Senior Asks Who Broke The Build

Git Devops Programming Debugging Testing

1 day ago 198.5K views 0 shares

When The Senior Asks Who Broke The Build

That moment when the CI pipeline turns red and suddenly you're intensely fascinated by your keyboard, your coffee, literally anything except making eye contact with the senior dev doing their investigation. You know that feeling when you pushed "just a small change" without running tests locally because "it'll be fine"? And now the entire team's workflow is blocked, Slack is blowing up, and you're sitting there pretending to be deeply absorbed in "refactoring" while internally screaming. The monkey puppet meme captures that exact deer-in-headlights energy when guilt is written all over your face but you're committed to the bit. Pro tip: Next time maybe run those tests before you commit. Or at least have a good excuse ready. "Works on my machine" won't save you this time, buddy.

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