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Sharing Awesome Web App

1 day ago 124.4K views 1 shares

The eternal disconnect between "sharing" and what you're actually sharing. Someone just discovered Claude can write code and thinks they've built the next Facebook, but they're literally sharing localhost:3000—a URL that only exists on their own machine. It's like inviting everyone to your house party but giving them directions to your bedroom mirror. For the uninitiated: localhost is your computer's way of talking to itself. Port 3000 is typically where dev servers run. So this person is excitedly telling the internet to check out a website that... only they can see. The confidence-to-competence ratio here is *chef's kiss*. Zero coding knowledge, fully functioning delusion.

Does Volume Mount Control Sound Levels

Docker AI Devops Programming Backend

14 days ago 203.5K views 0 shares

When you have zero clue what you're doing but AI is your new senior developer. Someone's out here treating Claude like a Docker wizard, feeding it increasingly desperate prompts hoping it'll magically spit out a working docker-compose.yml . The best part? They probably don't even know what a volume mount actually does (spoiler: it's for persisting data between containers, not adjusting your Spotify). Just vibes-based DevOps where you copy-paste whatever the LLM gives you and pray it works. The frog's expression captures that exact moment when you hit docker-compose up and watch the terminal scroll, having absolutely no idea if success or catastrophe awaits.

Just Provide Me Linux Dotexe

Linux Git Windows Programming

26 days ago 179.9K views 0 shares

Someone just walked into Torvalds' Linux repository demanding a .exe file like they're at a drive-thru window ordering a McFlurry. They want to "download and install" Linux like it's a Windows application, completely oblivious to the fact that they're staring at the literal source code of an operating system kernel. The beautiful irony? They're asking for a Linux .exe file. That's like going to a Tesla dealership and asking them to fill up your gas tank. The .exe extension is a Windows executable format, my friend. Linux uses ELF binaries, shell scripts, or you know... you actually compile the code. But sure, let's just package an entire operating system kernel into a convenient double-clickable Windows executable because that makes total sense. The rage-filled rant calling developers "STUPID FUCKING SMELLY NERDS" for not catering to their complete lack of understanding is *chef's kiss*. Nothing says "I'm ready to contribute to open source" quite like insulting the entire developer community while fundamentally misunderstanding what you're looking at.

This Sub In A Nutshell

Programming

1 month ago 197.0K views 0 shares

So you're telling me the people upvoting memes about merge conflicts, production bugs, and regex nightmares have never actually... coded? The self-awareness here is chef's kiss. It's like joining a cooking subreddit when your only culinary achievement is microwaving instant ramen. But hey, at least they're honest about it—most people won't admit their entire programming career peaked at copy-pasting "Hello World" from a tutorial and watching it compile once before never touching an IDE again. The greentext format really drives home that 4chan energy of brutal honesty mixed with collective self-deprecation.

The Ultimate Beginner's Nightmare

Javascript Webdev Programming Debugging Frontend

2 months ago 184.1K views 0 shares

Initially, our character shows compassion for a tiny spider, wanting to save it because "all life is precious." But when the spider reveals it teaches JavaScript as a first language to beginners, our hero's expression transforms into pure horror. Teaching JavaScript first is like giving a teenager a Formula 1 car before they've mastered a bicycle. Sure, they might eventually figure it out, but the journey will involve countless crashes, inexplicable behaviors, and deeply questionable design decisions. undefined is not null is not NaN is not... you get it.

Not Too Wrong

Python Programming

2 months ago 183.0K views 0 shares

The student wrote that the length of "Monday" is 24 hours, and honestly, they're onto something. Technically wrong in programming (it should be 6 characters), but philosophically correct for anyone who's survived a Monday in the tech industry. That first day back to seeing 300+ GitHub notifications and Slack messages feels exactly like it's 24 hours long. The teacher marked it wrong, but they've clearly never deployed code on a Friday and spent their Monday fixing the aftermath.

The Web Development Food Chain

Javascript Webdev Programming Frontend

2 months ago 206.0K views 0 shares

Oh look, it's the classic "my first website" evolution! On the left, we have HTML+CSS – the chunky mango of web development that just sits there looking pretty but doesn't do much. Then there's JavaScript – that smug little parrot with an attitude that thinks it's better than everyone because it can actually do things . Every beginner starts with the big, juicy fruit of static pages before realizing they need that annoying little bird to make anything interactive. The best part? That bird will absolutely bite you when you least expect it with some bizarre type coercion or callback hell. Sure, you could just stick with HTML and CSS, but then your website would just be sitting there... menacingly... like a mango with commitment issues.

The Worst CSS Programmer You've Ever Heard Of

Frontend Webdev Programming

3 months ago 225.1K views 0 shares

The Worst CSS Programmer You've Ever Heard Of

Ah, the CSS journey begins with a spectacular admission of incompetence! This Pirates of the Caribbean meme perfectly encapsulates the existential crisis of every new frontend developer. Sure, your divs are floating where they shouldn't, your flexbox is more like a broken accordion, and your media queries trigger at random screen widths like a digital roulette—but at least people know your name as they curse while debugging your code. Being infamously terrible at CSS is practically a rite of passage. Remember: it's not about making things look good; it's about making sure they look consistently bad across all browsers.

The Quickest Way To Learn A Language

Python Programming

4 months ago 185.0K views 0 shares

Trying to learn Python by talking to its native speakers like... Look, we've all been there. Teacher says "immerse yourself in the language" and suddenly you're in a bathroom trying to have a conversation with a literal snake. Same energy as when the senior dev tells you to "just read the documentation" for a codebase that was last updated during the Bush administration. The first Bush.

Be Kind To New Programmers

StackOverflow Programming Debugging

4 months ago 179.7K views 0 shares

THE TRAUMA IS REAL! 😭 Posting your first question on Stack Overflow is like walking into a lion's den wearing meat-scented cologne. One minute you're innocently asking why your code won't run, the next you're being eviscerated by keyboard warriors with 500k reputation points who act like you've personally insulted their ancestors by not formatting your code block correctly. These Stack Overflow veterans are just SITTING THERE, fingers hovering over the keyboard, WAITING to type "marked as duplicate" faster than you can say "I'm just a beginner." The emotional damage is so severe you'll find yourself staring blankly into the distance, questioning your entire career choice because you dared to ask about a NullPointerException.

Smartest Vibe Coder

AI Windows Programming

4 months ago 288.2K views 1 shares

Oh. My. GOD. 🤦‍♂️ We've reached peak technological confusion! Someone is literally asking if an AI can compile their source code into an EXE file instead of, you know, USING AN ACTUAL COMPILER like the rest of us mere mortals who spent years learning how computers actually work! The absolute AUDACITY to skip the entire software development process and just ask AI to magically poof an executable into existence! Next they'll be asking ChatGPT to make them a sandwich while debugging their non-existent code! This is what happens when "learn to code" tutorials skip the chapter on "what compilation actually is" and jump straight to "just ask the robots to do it!"

The Real Programming Education Hierarchy

Programming Webdev Javascript Python

4 months ago 284.2K views 0 shares

The Real Programming Education Hierarchy

The eternal truth of programming education: beginners gravitate toward random YouTube tutorials by enthusiastic Indian instructors, completely ignoring the senior developer with actual battle scars who sits right next to them. It's like having Gordon Ramsay offer to cook you dinner, but you'd rather watch a TikTok of someone microwaving a Hot Pocket. The 7-year veteran silently weeps as his hard-earned knowledge gets trumped by "Hello friends, today we will be learning..."

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