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HTTP Status Code Handling Gone Wrong

2 days ago 113.2K views 0 shares

Ah, the classic "200 means success, right?" approach to HTTP status codes. This brave developer is checking if the status is "greater than or equal to 200" which is like saying "as long as the patient's temperature is above 98.6°F, they're perfectly healthy!" – even if it's 108°F and they're literally on fire. Fun fact: HTTP status codes in the 200s mean success, 300s are redirections, 400s are client errors, and 500s are server errors. So this code will happily announce "File uploaded successfully" even when the server is melting down with a 500 error. It's the coding equivalent of "this is fine" while everything burns around you.

When Your "Hack" Is Just Downloading Public Files

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4 days ago 94.6K views 0 shares

When Your "Hack" Is Just Downloading Public Files

When your "sophisticated hack" is just a Python script that downloads publicly available files... 🤦‍♂️ This tweet perfectly skewers the media's tendency to sensationalize basic web scraping as "hacking." The code shown is literally just making API requests to fetch JSON data and download image files from URLs that are intentionally public . It's like claiming you "hacked" a library because you checked out a book. Or saying you "breached security protocols" because you walked through an open door. The bar for what constitutes "hacking" has apparently dropped lower than my production server's uptime.

The Natural Habitat Of Backend Developers

Backend Webdev Programming Databases

5 days ago 105.8K views 1 shares

The Natural Habitat Of Backend Developers

Behold the mythical backend developer in their natural habitat: facing away from humanity, just like their servers. Two monitors for double the terminal windows, yet somehow still not enough screen real estate for all those microservices. That impeccable hair? Styled by running fingers through it while muttering "why is this API returning null?" The blue folders? Documentation that nobody will ever read. Frontend devs might make things pretty, but backend devs make things work —even if they haven't seen sunlight since the last major version release.

Swagger Skills

Programming Webdev Security Backend

5 days ago 98.3K views 0 shares

DARLING, SWEETIE, HONEY! The absolute TRAGEDY of API documentation parties! While everyone's losing their minds over fancy Swagger UI interfaces and OAuth flows, this lone developer is just SILENTLY DOMINATING with their keyboard wizardry! The ability to type 'Bearer' plus token with one hand is the developer equivalent of being able to open a beer bottle with your eye socket - utterly useless in normal society but LEGENDARY in our weird little tech bubble! Meanwhile the peasants gather around in AWE of this basic skill that lets you keep sipping coffee with your other hand while authenticating. THE POWER! THE GLORY!

The Truth About Web Development

Backend Webdev Javascript Programming Frontend

8 days ago 176.4K views 0 shares

The beautiful, organized pattern on the frontend hides the absolute chaos happening in the backend. Just like how your CSS might look pixel-perfect to users while your server code resembles a tangled mess of spaghetti and duct tape holding everything together. That loose thread hanging off the bottom? That's the one undocumented API call that'll bring down the entire system if someone pulls on it. Nobody talk about those 47 nested if-statements keeping production alive!

Take This With A Grain Of Salt

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8 days ago 180.4K views 0 shares

Oh. My. GOD. The absolute TRAUMA of modern API choices! 😭 On the far ends of the bell curve, we have the blissfully ignorant REST users just vibing with their simple GET requests, completely unaware of the existential crisis happening in the middle. Meanwhile, the poor souls at the peak of the intelligence distribution are DROWNING in HATEOAS, gRPC, GraphQL, and WebSockets! It's the classic tech paradox - be too dumb to know better or too smart for your own good. The REST crowd is having a picnic while the galaxy brains are sobbing through their glasses because they've overcomplicated EVERYTHING. This is why we can't have nice things in web development!

The API Documentation Defense

Programming Webdev Debugging Backend

9 days ago 110.2K views 0 shares

The desperate creativity of developers knows no bounds! When caught red-handed watching inappropriate content at work, this brave soul conjured up the ultimate technical alibi: "I was just checking API calls in that website." Because obviously, the most thorough API testing requires extensive... um... endpoint validation. The classic "it's for research purposes" defense gets a programmatic upgrade. Next time your boss catches you, remember - you're not slacking, you're conducting a very important RESTful service inspection!

Aged Like Milk: From AI Swagger To Security Nightmare

AI Security Programming Databases Backend

14 days ago 178.5K views 0 shares

Aged Like Milk: From AI Swagger To Security Nightmare

Behold the magnificent journey of a "non-technical" founder going from AI-generated hubris to digital humility in just 48 hours! First tweet: "Look at my amazing no-code SaaS built with AI! Stop complaining and start building! P.S. People actually pay for this!" Two days later: "Help! I'm being attacked! My API keys are maxed out, people are bypassing subscriptions, and my database is a dumpster fire! BTW, I'm not technical so... oops?" The classic tale of finding out that building secure software requires more than just dragging and dropping with Cursor. Turns out "zero hand-written code" also means "zero security considerations." Who could have possibly predicted that?

It's All Curl? Always Has Been

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14 days ago 132.3K views 0 shares

The existential crisis of every API client library ever created. You spend weeks crafting a beautiful wrapper with elegant abstractions, perfect error handling, and comprehensive documentation... only to realize you're just a glorified middleman for curl commands. Underneath all those fancy packages—Axios, Requests, Fetch API—they're all just pointing guns at each other while the astronaut of truth whispers: "It's just HTTP requests. It's always been curl with extra steps."

The Evolution Of JavaScript Promises

Javascript Webdev Programming Frontend

21 days ago 85.7K views 0 shares

JavaScript developers evolving their Promise syntax like it's Pokémon. First there was .convertToPromise() which nobody remembers using. Then came .makePromise() , the awkward teenage phase. But .promisify() ? That's the good stuff that makes developers bare their teeth in that special "I finally found the right utility function after 3 hours of Stack Overflow" grin.

Tech Acronyms: Outsourced Edition

AI Webdev Programming

22 days ago 95.3K views 1 shares

STOP EVERYTHING! Someone just redefined every tech acronym and I'm absolutely DYING! 💀 AI isn't artificial intelligence anymore—it's "An Indian." API? Forget application programming interface, it's clearly "A Person in India." And don't get me started on LLM being "Low-cost Labor in Mumbai" instead of large language model! The tech outsourcing stereotype has reached catastrophic new heights with "GPT - Gujarati Professional Typist." My entire career is a lie and my resume needs a geography section now. I can't even!

Cybersecurity Karma Strikes Back

Security Webdev Programming StackOverflow

22 days ago 105.0K views 0 shares

Browsing a site that collects leaked API keys, feeling all smug and superior... until that horrifying moment when you spot your own credentials in the list. Nothing humbles a developer faster than realizing you're the very security disaster you've been laughing at. Pro tip: rotate those keys before posting screenshots on Stack Overflow, genius!

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