Backlog Memes

How Many Unplayed Games Do You Guys Have?

5 days ago 138.4K views 0 shares

Steam Winter Sale hits different when you're a developer. You already spend 12 hours a day staring at code, debugging someone else's spaghetti, and arguing with CI/CD pipelines. The last thing you want to do is boot up a game that requires... more thinking. So instead, you buy 47 games at 80% off because "it's a good deal" and "I'll definitely play this when I have time." Spoiler: you won't. That backlog just keeps growing while you convince yourself that buying more games is somehow different from hoarding. It's not. The real game is watching your library percentage drop from 15% to 4% played and pretending that's fine. That's the endgame content right there.

It's That Time Of Year

Gamedev

6 days ago 139.8K views 0 shares

Steam sales hit different when you're a developer with a backlog of 847 unplayed games. Your rational brain knows you have enough games to last until retirement, but Steam's showing you a 90% discount on some indie roguelike you'll definitely "play later." The logic doesn't matter anymore—it's not about playing games, it's about owning them. Your library becomes a digital hoard, a monument to good deals and poor impulse control. Every seasonal sale is just another intervention that nobody shows up to because they're all too busy buying games they won't play either.

Lol, Me As A Developer

Programming Agile Debugging

13 days ago 104.4K views 1 shares

Companies love saying they want "honest developers" during interviews, but the second you admit there's no animation for swimming in production because nobody had time to implement it, suddenly you're not a "team player." The brutal honesty of telling stakeholders that features literally don't exist yet? That's career suicide dressed up as transparency. You'll just stand there staring at the water, knowing full well you can't dive in because the sprint ended two weeks ago and swimming got pushed to the backlog. Honesty in development means admitting half the features are held together with duct tape and prayers, but HR didn't mention that in the job posting.

Once You Complete Ahead Of Time

Agile Programming

23 days ago 229.4K views 0 shares

You know that brief, beautiful moment when you actually finish your sprint tasks early and think you might get some breathing room? Yeah, that's cute. The moment a project manager catches wind that you're "free," they materialize like a genie from a lamp with a whole backlog of "quick wins" and "small tweaks" that definitely won't take 5 minutes despite what they claim. The smirk says it all—it's that knowing look of someone who's about to ruin your peaceful afternoon with three new tickets, a "minor" refactor, and maybe helping debug Steve's environment issues. Pro tip: never, EVER announce you're done early in standup. Just quietly work on that side project or refactor some code. Your future self will thank you.

Priority Is Subjective

Programming Rust Agile Debugging Testing

2 months ago 283.7K views 0 shares

Nothing quite like standing on the beach of responsibility while a tsunami of work priorities crashes down on you. Meanwhile, you're just there thinking, "But what if we rewrote everything in Rust though?" Every developer knows that critical bugs, customer requests, and pending tests are important... but have you considered the dopamine rush of starting a completely unnecessary rewrite in a trendy language? Sure, the codebase works fine now, but imagine how elegant it could be! The backlog may be crushing you, but that rewrite will definitely solve all your problems. Trust me, I've abandoned this exact project six times already.

Must Get That Deal

Gamedev Unity

3 months ago 246.4K views 0 shares

Oh. My. God. The AUDACITY of this meme attacking my entire Steam library! 💀 The difference between normies and us gamers is ASTRONOMICAL. They wait for sales like peasants, while we HEROICALLY buy games at full price only to let them marinate in our libraries like fine digital wine for a YEAR before even installing them. My 347 unplayed games aren't a problem, they're an INVESTMENT in my future happiness! And yes, I WILL play Skyrim again instead of any of them, thank you very much!

Do Not Redeem!!!

Gamedev

3 months ago 212.3K views 0 shares

The eternal struggle of the modern gamer - collecting free games you'll never play. Epic Games Store and Steam sales have turned us all into digital hoarders with 500+ unplayed titles. "I'll definitely play this someday" is the biggest lie in gaming, right up there with "one more turn" in Civilization. Your backlog isn't a library; it's a monument to your optimism about free time you'll never actually have.

Stay Out Of My Territory

Frontend Webdev Agile React Programming

3 months ago 376.3K views 2 shares

The eternal territorial battle of the codebase has claimed another victim! Some ambitious "full-stack" dev thought they could just waltz in and grab a juicy frontend feature from the backlog without consulting the frontend tribe first. Classic rookie mistake. Meanwhile, the senior frontend dev—guardian of the CSS sacred lands and protector of the React realm—isn't having any of it. They've already passive-aggressively reassigned that JIRA ticket faster than you can say "npm install". The software manager watches in horror as another sprint planning devolves into a Breaking Bad-style turf war. Spoiler alert: nobody touches the frontend code without paying the React tax first!

Need A Looong Break After That

Agile Devops Programming

4 months ago 309.7K views 1 shares

Parents pointing at the disheveled guy on the street: "Study or end up like him." The guy: "Shut up lady. It's Sunday and I just finished resolving all Jira tickets." Ah yes, the sweet taste of victory mixed with existential exhaustion. Nothing says "successful software engineer" like collapsing in public after a sprint marathon. The man isn't homeless—he's just experiencing the natural state of a developer who's finally cleared the backlog. Give that man a promotion and a month of PTO.

Jira Is Waiting

Agile Devops Programming Debugging

4 months ago 364.3K views 0 shares

That moment when you return from a blissful vacation only to face the colossal backlog of Jira tickets that have been silently multiplying like tribbles in your absence. The giant monster looming in the distance isn't a mythical creature—it's the metaphorical manifestation of your sprint board that's about to crush your soul with 47 tickets labeled "URGENT-CRITICAL-DO-NOW." Your teammates are the tiny figures in the background, already battle-weary from the sprint planning meeting that went nuclear without you. Time to unsheathe your keyboard and face certain doom while secretly plotting which tickets to quietly move to the "Won't Fix" column when no one's looking.

The Illusion Of Game Library Choice

Gamedev Unity Programming

4 months ago 253.2K views 1 shares

Ah yes, the illusion of choice in our digital libraries. Spending half an hour scrolling through a Steam collection that would take three lifetimes to complete, only to launch Counter-Strike for the 5,783rd time. It's like having a fridge full of groceries and still ordering takeout. The McDonald's clown face-plant perfectly captures that moment of self-awareness when you realize you've wasted time browsing games you'll never play instead of just admitting you wanted to play the same comfort game all along. Peak decision paralysis with a side of self-deception.

Please Backlog It (Until I'm On Vacation)