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Enter A Postal Address, I Think You'll Find It Near-Impossible
Frontend Webdev Javascript Programming
46 minutes ago 13.3K views 0 shares
Enter A Postal Address, I Think You'll Find It Near-Impossible
Ah, the digital equivalent of waterboarding! This masterpiece of UI sadism forces you to enter your house number digit by digit with separate inputs for thousands, hundreds, tens, and units. And just when you think it can't get worse, it makes you select each character of your postcode using sliders that go from SPACE to Z. This is the form that Satan himself would create if he worked in frontend development. The designer clearly woke up and chose violence that day. Somewhere, a UX designer is having heart palpitations just looking at this. The best part? The "Intentionally Bad UX" title - as if we needed that clarification. It's like labeling a tornado as "Intentionally Windy Weather."

Age As A Primary Key: What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
Databases Programming Debugging Backend
5 days ago 152.4K views 0 shares
Age As A Primary Key: What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
Congratulations, you've just created the world's worst database design! Using age as a primary key is like using a sandwich as a doorstop - technically possible but fundamentally wrong. Primary keys should be unique and unchanging, but unless you've discovered the fountain of youth, your age changes every year. Plus, there are roughly 8 million 17-year-olds on Earth right now, all trying to register for your app. No wonder it's complaining! Next time, maybe try something truly unique... like I don't know... an ID?

Primary Key Catastrophe
Databases Programming Debugging Backend
7 days ago 129.6K views 1 shares
Primary Key Catastrophe
When your database design meets reality in the most painful way possible. Someone actually made AGE a primary key instead of, you know, something unique like an ID. Now every 17-year-old on the platform is technically the same person. Congrats, you've invented digital reincarnation! Next up: using "favorite_color" as a password hash.

I Sense A Catch
Frontend Webdev Javascript Programming
9 days ago 151.5K views 0 shares
I Sense A Catch
Ah, the classic programmer's paradox! A button labeled "Save" with a trash icon. Is it saving your work or deleting it? The cognitive dissonance is giving me runtime errors in my brain. It's like Schrödinger's button - your data is simultaneously preserved and obliterated until you click it. Only a truly sadistic UX designer would create this abomination that violates every principle of intuitive design. The perfect trap for sleep-deprived developers who just want to preserve their 4 hours of coding before the standup meeting.

When The Site Doesn't Allow Special Characters In The Password
Security Webdev Programming Frontend Backend
24 days ago 138.0K views 0 shares
When The Site Doesn't Allow Special Characters In The Password
That intense staredown when you realize the security "expert" who banned special characters from passwords is the same person preaching about password strength. Nothing says "secure" like forcing users to use Password123 instead of P@$$w0rd! The worst part? They'll still have the audacity to blame you when there's a breach. "Should've used a stronger password!" Yeah, with what characters exactly? The five you allowed?

Make Age The Main Identifier
Databases Security Programming Backend
1 month ago 140.0K views 0 shares
Make Age The Main Identifier
When your database schema is so bad that you're using age as a primary key. Because apparently, birthdays are more unique than usernames! Bonus points for the error message implying there's only ONE 17-year-old allowed on the platform. That dev probably also stores passwords in plaintext and thinks SQL injection is a new energy drink.

Who's Gonna Tell Him About Primary Keys
Databases Programming Debugging Frontend Backend
2 months ago 189.0K views 0 shares
Who's Gonna Tell Him About Primary Keys
Ah, the classic primary key violation that no one warned the poor user about. Some developer thought storing age as a unique identifier was a brilliant idea, and now we've got 17-year-olds fighting in the Thunderdome for database supremacy. Next time try using UUID instead of, you know, THE MOST COMMON AGE AMONG TEENAGE USERS. This is what happens when you let the intern design your database schema after a Red Bull all-nighter.

Triple Axis Of Statistical Failure
Programming Algorithms Math Debugging Testing
2 months ago 181.5K views 0 shares
Triple Axis Of Statistical Failure
The chart itself is a masterclass in irony—a completely broken visualization about chart accuracy. Notice how the x-axis and y-axis don't even make sense together? That's the joke swallowing its own tail. Apparently, coding your visualization gives you a 74.9% chance of success if you think (but only 52.8% if you don't bother with that pesky thinking process). Meanwhile, GUI tools clock in at 69.1%, and "vibe charting"—that scientific approach where you just go with whatever looks pretty—nets you a solid 30.8%. The supreme irony? This chart about chart accuracy is itself a statistical abomination. Different categories on the x-axis, percentages that don't relate to each other, and a complete disregard for data visualization principles. It's like watching someone give a PowerPoint presentation about public speaking while tripping over their own shoelaces.

Ultimate Random Password Generator
Security Webdev Programming Debugging Frontend
3 months ago 176.6K views 0 shares
Ultimate Random Password Generator
When your password requirements include "must contain at least one character floating in the void of space." Who needs fancy password generators when you can just smash your keyboard while having an existential crisis? This is basically what happens when security experts say "make it random" and developers take it literally . Good luck remembering which cosmic 'X' you clicked on during account creation. Password hint: "It's that one letter... you know... somewhere in the universe."

Slider Of Doom: When Frontend Developers Choose Violence
Frontend Webdev Javascript Programming
3 months ago 218.2K views 0 shares
Slider Of Doom: When Frontend Developers Choose Violence
Some developers just want to watch the world burn. Instead of implementing a standard phone input field, this diabolical programmer created a SLIDER for entering a phone number. Pure evil genius at work! This is what happens when you give developers too much free time and not enough code reviews. The next sprint planning will definitely include a "fix that damn phone input" ticket with highest priority.

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The Design Is Very Human
Frontend Webdev Javascript Programming
3 months ago 215.8K views 0 shares
The Design Is Very Human
Ah yes, the pinnacle of UX design—listing every possible phone number in a dropdown instead of using a simple text input. Because why let users type when they can enjoy the thrill of scrolling through thousands of options? Nothing says "we value your time" like forcing you to hunt for your number like it's a needle in a digital haystack. The developer probably thought: "Text fields are so 2005, let's make users earn their form submission." This is what happens when you ask the backend dev to handle the frontend for "just one quick task."

The Date Picker From Digital Hell
Frontend Webdev Javascript Programming
3 months ago 192.2K views 0 shares
The Date Picker From Digital Hell
SWEET MOTHER OF FORM DESIGN, what unholy abomination is THIS?! Someone took perfectly normal month names and BUTCHERED them into a three-column massacre! January is "j-an-uary"?! MARCH is "m-a-rch"?! WHO HURT YOU, FRONTEND DEVELOPER?! 😱 And that day field set to ZERO? Because apparently being born on the 0th day of the month is totally a thing now! Not to mention defaulting to 1900 like we're all time-traveling vampires filling out paperwork. This isn't UI design—it's a crime against humanity's sanity!