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Sure Bro
C++ Algorithms Javascript Programming Python
12 days ago 384.8K views 0 shares
Sure Bro
C++ devs catching strays here. The tweet claims C++ is "easy mode" because the compiler optimizes your garbage code into something performant. Then it drops the hot take that *real* programming mastery is shown by writing efficient code in Python or JavaScript—languages where you can't hide behind compiler optimizations. The irony is palpable. C++ is notorious for being one of the most unforgiving languages out there—manual memory management, undefined behavior lurking around every corner, and template errors that look like Lovecraftian nightmares. Meanwhile, Python and JavaScript are interpreted languages where you can literally concatenate strings in a loop a million times and watch your performance tank because there's no compiler to save you from yourself. It's like saying "driving a manual transmission car is easy mode, but driving an automatic requires true skill because you have to be efficient with the gas pedal." The mental gymnastics are Olympic-level.

Y'All Are Gonna Hate Me For This, But It'S The Truth
AI Programming
24 days ago 342.9K views 0 shares
Y'All Are Gonna Hate Me For This, But It'S The Truth
So apparently the future of coding is just naming functions like you're writing a novel and letting Copilot/ChatGPT do the heavy lifting. The function name divideMp4IntoNSegmentsOfLengthT() is so descriptive it basically is the documentation, and boom—the AI autocompletes an entire ffmpeg command that would've taken you 30 minutes of Stack Overflow archaeology to piece together. The controversial take here? Maybe we're entering an era where understanding the actual implementation matters less than being good at prompt engineering your function names. It's like pair programming, except your partner is an AI that never takes coffee breaks and doesn't judge your variable naming conventions. The real kicker is that this actually works surprisingly well for glue code and CLI wrangling. Just don't ask the AI to implement a red-black tree from scratch—it'll confidently give you something that compiles but has the time complexity of O(n²) when you sneeze.

A A A
Programming C++ Javascript Python Java
1 month ago 344.2K views 1 shares
A-A-A
The eternal debate that splits the programming world harder than tabs vs spaces. Baby's first word is "A-a-a" and the proud parent thinks it's adorable... until some psychopath suggests that arrays should start at 1. Zero-indexing is sacred. It's not just tradition—it's mathematically elegant, it's how memory offsets work, and it's been the foundation of programming since the dawn of time. But then you've got languages like Lua, MATLAB, and R out here acting like index 1 is where life begins, and frankly, they deserve to be left in that dumpster. The horror on that parent's face perfectly captures every C, Python, Java, and JavaScript developer's reaction when they encounter a 1-indexed language. It's not just wrong—it's an affront to nature itself.

Trigger A Fanbase With One Sentence
Frontend Webdev Javascript
9 months ago 251.5K views 0 shares
Trigger A Fanbase With One Sentence
Oh. My. GOD. You just HAD to say "HTML is a programming language," didn't you? The ULTIMATE tech world civil war starter! 💀 Watch as hordes of computer science purists DRAMATICALLY clutch their mechanical keyboards while screeching "It's a MARKUP language, you absolute heathen!" Meanwhile, front-end devs are in the corner having existential crises because apparently their entire career is built on a LIE. The internet has NEVER known peace since this debate began. Friendships shattered. Stack Overflow threads locked. Conference rooms burned to the ground. And you're just standing there with that smug little smile, watching the world burn!