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Stolen Code

Stolen Code
The eternal cycle of software development. When someone compliments your code, there are only two possibilities: you spent weeks perfecting it, or you found it on Stack Overflow five minutes ago. The smug grin says it all – that beautiful algorithm with perfect variable naming wasn't crafted through years of experience, it was ctrl+c, ctrl+v from some poor soul who actually did the work. The greatest programmers aren't those who write the best code, but those who know where to steal it from.

Inspired By A Recent Thread From This Subreddit

Inspired By A Recent Thread From This Subreddit
The shocking moment when you realize your colleagues aren't just referencing Stack Overflowβ€”they're straight-up copying entire blocks of code. And here you thought "I found this solution online" was just a professional way of saying "I'm competent." Next you'll discover they don't actually read documentation either.

I Made This

I Made This
Oh my gosh, the infinite loop of code theft! πŸ˜‚ First StackOverflow gives ChatGPT all its knowledge, then ChatGPT claims it made it. Then a programmer steals from ChatGPT and proudly declares "I made this!" Only for the code to eventually make its way back to StackOverflow! It's the perfect representation of the modern dev cycle: copy from StackOverflow β†’ paste into ChatGPT β†’ ask for improvements β†’ copy to your project β†’ claim full credit in your performance review! The circle of code life!

Pls Fix My Garbage Code

Pls Fix My Garbage Code
The ultimate double standard! πŸ˜‚ While designers freak out when DALL-E 2 steals their artwork, programmers are over here like "You stole my GitHub code? Sweet! Did you actually make that garbage run properly?" It's the coding equivalent of saying "I left that mess on purpose as a trap for the next poor soul!" The desperation of "pls fix my garbage code" is the silent plea we've all made when sharing our repos. We're not stealing code, we're just... collaboratively debugging . πŸ‘¨β€πŸ’»βœ¨