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I Have No Comments To This

20 hours ago 51.1K views 0 shares

The eternal dance of software development in two frames: a developer screaming internally while trying to estimate how long a project will take, juxtaposed with a project manager gleefully promising impossible deadlines to clients. It's like watching someone calculate the precise dimensions of a coffin while their boss is already selling tickets to the resurrection. The developer knows whatever number they give will be arbitrary and wrong, yet the PM has already promised the client they'll deliver a full enterprise system by next Tuesday. And thus begins another project destined to join the 70% that fail or exceed their budgets. But hey, at least the client is temporarily happy!

Can You Also Please Resolve Them

Debugging Agile Programming Testing

6 days ago 52.2K views 0 shares

That brief moment of professional pride when you squash a bug, immediately shattered by the client's "While you're at it..." speech. Fixing one issue is like putting a band-aid on the Titanic - there's always an iceberg of three more critical bugs lurking beneath the surface. The client's timing is impeccable too, waiting until you've mentally closed the ticket and started daydreaming about that coffee break you'll never get.

AI Will Replace Programmers (After We Define 'Something')

AI Agile Programming Debugging

7 days ago 72.4K views 3 shares

AI Will Replace Programmers (After We Define 'Something')

Sure, AI will replace programmers... right after it figures out what "a button that does something" means. The robot claims it just needs clear requirements and detailed specs, meanwhile product managers are out here giving requirements like they're ordering at a restaurant after three martinis. Good luck getting that neural network to interpret "make it pop" or "you know what I mean, right?"

Hell Naawhh: The Non-Technical Pitch

Programming Webdev Javascript Databases Frontend

12 days ago 57.8K views 0 shares

That visceral internal reaction when your non-technical friend pitches their "revolutionary" app idea that's basically just Uber-but-for-dogwalkers and casually mentions "it should only take a weekend to build, right?" The face perfectly captures that split-second calculation of whether to explain that their "simple app" requires a database architecture, frontend framework, backend API, authentication system, payment processing, and six months of your life... or just smile politely while mentally running process.exit(1) .

I Just Asked For A Horse

Programming Agile Debugging

13 days ago 70.1K views 0 shares

Remember that client who wanted a "simple horse app" with a three-day deadline? Yeah, this is what happens when you code on vibes alone. You proudly announce your "fast running horse" while delivering what's clearly a cow with identity issues. The classic requirements vs. implementation disaster that haunts every sprint planning session. And the bottom text just nails it – we're all doomed to keep drawing cows when asked for horses because "the specs weren't clear enough" and "it technically has four legs, what more do you want?"

Defect Is A Defect

Debugging Devops Agile Programming Testing

23 days ago 93.5K views 0 shares

When your software manager starts categorizing bugs by priority, but your Japanese client cuts through the bureaucracy like a samurai sword! 🗡️ The exquisite beauty of Japanese business culture - where a defect is simply a defect, regardless of how much semantic sugar-coating you try to sprinkle on it. No need for your fancy priority matrix when the end result is the same: your code is broken in 11 different ways and needs fixing. Western developers: "But this P3 bug only affects 0.01% of users under specific conditions!" Japanese client: *stares in kaizen*

I'm Not Asking For Much

Webdev React Javascript Programming Databases

1 month ago 125.4K views 0 shares

Ah yes, the classic client scope creep. First panel: "Make me a portfolio website?" Simple enough, just slap some HTML and CSS together, maybe a touch of JavaScript. Second panel: "Now make me a simple store. How hard can it be?" Suddenly you need React, MySQL, authentication, payment processing, and whatever that circuit diagram is supposed to be. Probably the client's "simple" idea for a recommendation algorithm that "just works like Amazon's but better." It's like asking someone to build a doghouse and then casually requesting they add an infinity pool and home theater while they're at it. Because you know, how hard can it be?

Folding Phones: The Web Developer's New Nightmare

Webdev React Javascript Programming Frontend

1 month ago 99.8K views 0 shares

Folding Phones: The Web Developer's New Nightmare

Folding phones: "Look at our revolutionary technology!" Web developers: *existential crisis intensifies* Just when we finally convinced clients that websites don't need to look identical on every device, Samsung drops these origami nightmares. Responsive design was hard enough with rectangles. Now we're debugging layouts that fold like a lawn chair. Media queries don't have a "bent in half" setting yet.

The Legacy Browser Waterloo

Webdev Microsoft Windows Javascript Debugging

2 months ago 120.3K views 0 shares

That moment when your client emails a biblical scroll of "bugs" they found while using Internet Explorer 6 on their Windows XP fossil. Like Napoleon here, you're just staring into the abyss contemplating your life choices. What am I supposed to do? Build a time machine? The browser was discontinued in 2022 for a reason. No amount of CSS hacks or polyfills will save that trainwreck. But you'll still spend three days trying to fix it because the client pays your bills. Meanwhile, Chrome and Firefox users are having zero issues with your perfectly standards-compliant code.

I Cant Take It Any More

Programming Webdev Frontend Backend

2 months ago 77.8K views 0 shares

Ah, the classic "I know a programmer" tax in action! Nothing says friendship like asking for a free app at 8 AM and expecting you to both design AND build it. The smooth "That's where you come in!" is basically code for "I have absolutely no idea how this works but I'm sure you can whip it up by lunchtime." This is the digital equivalent of asking a doctor friend to check out your weird rash at a dinner party. Bonus points for the early morning ambush when your defenses are down and you haven't had enough coffee to calculate the 300+ hours of unpaid labor they're casually requesting.

The Data Cake Of Broken Dreams

Databases Programming Debugging Backend

2 months ago 120.2K views 0 shares

Client: "Our data is very organized and clean!" Developer: *receives a pile of crumbled chocolate cupcakes with random file formats scattered around* The expectation vs. reality gap in data handoffs is the tech world's greatest practical joke. Clients envision their data as this adorable, well-groomed dog cake with perfect frosting roses, while developers get what looks like someone dropped the cake in a parking lot and then tried to fix it with a spatula and blind optimism. And of course, they've sprinkled in some Excel, XML, TXT, and PDF files because why use one consistent format when you can use four incompatible ones? Nothing says "professional data management" like a digital version of a dessert crime scene.

We'Re Safe..

Programming AI Webdev Agile Frontend

2 months ago 105.4K views 0 shares

Oh, the eternal job security of dealing with clients who say they want a "simple website" but actually mean "Facebook but better" with a budget of $200. The AI apocalypse might be coming for some jobs, but programmers can sleep soundly knowing that no robot will ever decipher "make it pop" or "I'll know what I want when I see it." Our superpower isn't coding—it's somehow building functional software from requirements that change faster than JavaScript frameworks.

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