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Small And Fast (But Actually Enormous And Sluggish)

7 days ago 103.4K views 0 shares

The irony is absolutely chef's kiss! Electron.js claims to be "small and fast" while being notorious in the dev community for being exactly the opposite. It's basically the framework that lets you build desktop apps with web technologies, but at the cost of your users' RAM and CPU cycles. Your computer fans spinning up to takeoff velocity after opening a simple Slack or Discord app? Yep, that's Electron working its "small and fast" magic. The atomic symbol is just the perfect cherry on top of this glorious contradiction.

The Corporate Handshake Of Tech Features

Apple Security Android Programming

9 days ago 148.2K views 0 shares

The Corporate Handshake Of Tech Features

Google's Quick Share (the Android equivalent of AirDrop) is like that corporate guy showing up with a knockoff product, while Apple's AirDrop stands there with that "I've seen this movie before" face. The tech industry in a nutshell: Google announces cross-platform file sharing as if they've invented fire, while Apple silently pushes security updates that fix God-knows-what vulnerabilities they'll never actually explain. It's the classic tech relationship - one company loudly copies features, the other quietly patches holes without telling you what nightmare they just saved you from.

The Cross-Platform Trifecta Of Pain

MacOS Devops Apple Windows Programming

10 days ago 183.1K views 0 shares

Ah, the universal law of cross-platform development. Linux and Windows builds passing with flying green checkmarks while macOS is just sitting there with its red error badge like "I woke up and chose violence today." The ticket says "Fix macOS build #3" which implies this is the developer's third attempt at appeasing the Apple gods. At this point, they're probably considering whether learning to herd actual cats might be easier than dealing with macOS build issues.

When Architecture Compatibility Is Your Side Hustle

Hardware Programming Linux

13 days ago 112.9K views 1 shares

When Architecture Compatibility Is Your Side Hustle

Ah, the miracle of emulation. Valve somehow convinced x86 apps to play nice with ARM architecture, which is basically like getting cats and dogs to not only coexist but form a barbershop quartet. The Steam Machine announcement feels like that moment when your coworker says they refactored the entire codebase over the weekend and "it just works." Sure, buddy. Next you'll tell me PHP is secure and printers never jam.

I Have Sympathy For Your Responsive Nightmares

Webdev Android Programming Frontend

17 days ago 108.6K views 0 shares

I Have Sympathy For Your Responsive Nightmares

The top part shows futuristic foldable devices in various configurations - bent, flat, folded like origami masterpieces that Samsung's engineers dreamed up after a wild night of drinking. Meanwhile, web developers are depicted as crying children having existential breakdowns. Why? Because they now have to make websites look perfect on yet another bizarre screen dimension . Just when they mastered responsive design for phones, tablets, and desktops, the hardware folks decided "what if screens... but bendy ?" Pure sadism. Somewhere, a CSS developer is looking at these images while whispering "please... no more media queries... I have a family."

Every New Desktop App Dev Be Like

Webdev React Javascript Programming Frontend

25 days ago 156.5K views 0 shares

Nobody wants to touch those crusty desktop frameworks from the 90s anymore. Qt and WinForms? Hard pass. But wrap a glorified browser in a desktop shell and call it "cross-platform" and suddenly everyone's throwing confetti. "Look mom, I made a desktop app with 500MB of node_modules and it only takes 8 seconds to launch a hello world!" The absolute state of desktop development in 2023 - where your app is basically a website that somehow uses more RAM than Photoshop.

Life Is Good Until Gradle Error

Android React Javascript Debugging Frontend

2 months ago 301.5K views 0 shares

Flutter and React Native promise the dream of cross-platform mobile development—write once, deploy everywhere. The kid excitedly packs their bags for this magical journey, only to return moments later with the harsh reality: "shit breaks every 5 seconds." That's the special joy of Gradle build errors. Nothing quite compares to watching your terminal spew 500 lines of red text because you added a comma in the wrong place. The modern mobile developer experience: 10% coding, 90% staring blankly at build failures while questioning career choices.

The Traces Are Clear

Windows Bash Programming Linux

2 months ago 223.6K views 0 shares

Oh. My. God. The absolute SAVAGERY of this meme! 😂 It's the digital equivalent of finding footprints in the snow! The Windows user leaves behind their unmistakable trail with the classic \r\n line ending signature - the carriage return AND newline combo that screams "I USE WINDOWS" louder than a Blue Screen of Death at a Linux convention. Meanwhile, Unix/Linux users smugly use just \n like civilized beings. It's basically the digital version of leaving the toilet seat up - dead giveaway of who's been there!

Mission Impossible: Windows App Actually Works On Linux

Linux Windows Programming

2 months ago 187.4K views 0 shares

Mission Impossible: Windows App Actually Works On Linux

Getting a Windows program to run properly on Linux through Wine is like successfully landing a rover on Mars. That moment when the compatibility database actually tells the truth and your app doesn't explode into a million error messages? Pure ecstasy. Most Linux users have grown so accustomed to Wine's cryptic errors and random crashes that when something works exactly as advertised, it feels like witnessing a miracle. The sheer joy of not having to dual-boot just to run that one stubborn Windows program is enough to make grown developers weep with happiness.

Works Locally (And Makes $70K)

Ios Apple Android Programming Debugging

2 months ago 375.6K views 0 shares

The eternal developer mantra: "works on my machine!" taken to a profitable extreme. This dev made $70K from iOS users while Android folks contributed a whopping $47 because the payment button was broken. The best part? The classic response: "hm works locally. looking into this." Translation: "I'll fix it right after I finish counting all this Apple money."

Windows Devs After Adding CRLF In Each Line Of Every Merged File

Windows Devops Git Programming

3 months ago 237.7K views 0 shares

Windows Devs After Adding CRLF In Each Line Of Every Merged File

The dark satisfaction of Windows developers inserting carriage return line feed (CRLF) into every merged file is perfectly captured here. While Unix-based systems use just LF (\n) for line endings, Windows insists on CRLF (\r\n) and will fight to the death for those extra bytes. Nothing like breaking git diffs and causing merge conflicts across operating systems because Windows decided in 1981 that mimicking typewriters was the future of computing. The smug expression says it all - "Yes, I've ruined your clean line endings, and I'd do it again."

Converging Issues

Linux Devops MacOS Windows Programming

4 months ago 326.3K views 1 shares

The holy trinity of OS frustration perfectly captured in a color triangle! Windows: "Nothing works well" because your printer driver is from 2007 and your registry is a haunted mansion. macOS: "Nothing works how you want it" because Apple decided you shouldn't have that feature, and who needs right-clicks anyway? Linux: Just "Nothing works" because you've spent 6 hours configuring your wireless card only to break your display drivers in the process. The beautiful irony is that no matter which OS you choose, you're just picking your preferred flavor of disappointment. It's like dating three different people who all ghost you in unique ways.

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