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Your Null Has Been Shipped

2 days ago 113.9K views 0 shares

Looks like U.S. Bank just shipped the most valuable thing in programming—absolutely nothing! They're proudly announcing they've shipped null , complete with tracking capabilities. Sure, go ahead and track that non-existent card. Reminds me of those times when the backend team promises to deliver "something" by Friday, and then sends an empty JSON object. At least they're honest about shipping nothing instead of pretending it's a "feature-light release." The best part? Null is apparently "on its way" to an address they have "on file"—which probably means it'll arrive exactly never to precisely nowhere.

YAML: Your Awful Markup Language

Programming Debugging Testing Databases Backend

22 days ago 113.8K views 0 shares

Ever stared at eye tracking data in YAML format? It's like watching your life decisions unfold in real-time, but with more indentation errors. This beautiful mess of coordinates, timestamps, and pupil dilations is exactly what happens when someone takes the "/s" tag too literally. The joke being that YAML's human-readable format completely falls apart when you dump raw numerical data into it. Eight years of engineering experience has taught me one thing: just because you can store something in YAML doesn't mean you should . This is the digital equivalent of storing soup in a colander.

Thank You Little Dude

Microsoft Windows Programming

25 days ago 119.2K views 0 shares

FINALLY! A true hero emerges in our darkest hour! That blessed little turtle is about to DEVOUR Excel and free us all from spreadsheet HELL! 🐢 I'm literally SCREAMING at how this tiny shelled savior is doing what we've ALL fantasized about! Go ahead, little buddy, CONSUME that soul-crushing application that's responsible for countless nights of formula-induced nightmares! Honestly, watching Excel disappear into a turtle's mouth might be the most therapeutic thing I've witnessed in my entire coding career. CHOMP AWAY, MY REPTILIAN AVENGER! 💅

Me When I Find Out I Can Use Ssh To Sign My Git Commits

Linux AI Python Java Databases

1 month ago 128.2K views 0 shares

Me When I Find Out I Can Use Ssh To Sign My Git Commits

Interview Preparation Vs Actual Work

AI Java Backend

1 month ago 89.0K views 0 shares

Content interview preparation vs actual work O'REILLY Designing Data-Intensive Applications THE BIG IDEAS BEHIND RELIABLE, SCALABLE, AND MAINTAINABLE SYSTEMS Martin Kleppmann

Which Team Are You In?

Backend Webdev Networking Javascript Programming

1 month ago 139.8K views 0 shares

The elegant waitstaff vs. the pirates of the digital seas. APIs are the polished professionals of data exchange—neat, documented, and officially sanctioned. Meanwhile, web scrapers are the chaotic renegades who'll pillage your HTML by any means necessary when you refuse to share your data properly. After 15 years in the industry, I've been on both sides. Sure, I'll use your beautiful REST API when available, but catch me at 2 AM cobbling together a janky Python script with BeautifulSoup when your terms of service are too restrictive and my deadline is tomorrow.

Public Administration Is Going Digital (Backwards)

Webdev Javascript Programming Databases Frontend

1 month ago 132.3K views 0 shares

Public Administration Is Going Digital (Backwards)

Government agencies finally entering the digital age but making the worst possible tech choices? *Chef's kiss* Nothing says "we hired consultants from 2003" quite like rejecting clean, lightweight JSON in favor of bloated XML files that require a PhD to parse. The kind of decision that makes developers contemplate career changes to literally anything else. Fun fact: Some government systems still use COBOL, a language older than the moon landing. At this rate, they'll discover JSON around the same time we colonize Mars.

Shoutout To All The Backenders Here

Backend Webdev Programming Databases Frontend

1 month ago 144.3K views 0 shares

Frontend devs get hugged like the adorable dog for making things pretty. Meanwhile, backend devs are the unappreciated cat sitting alone with a cable in its mouth, desperately trying to get someone to acknowledge that the entire system would collapse without their data connections. Classic workplace dynamics where the visible stuff gets the praise while the critical infrastructure gets ignored until it breaks.

APIs Vs Web Scrapers

Webdev Security Javascript Programming Python

1 month ago 162.9K views 1 shares

The elegant waitstaff vs. the ragtag pirates perfectly captures the data access divide. APIs are like fancy servers bringing you data on a silver platter with proper documentation and rate limits. Meanwhile, web scrapers are the digital pirates who'll rip the data straight from the HTML's cold, dead hands when no API exists. After 15 years in the trenches, I've written both. The API is what you show the client. The scraper is what you build at 2 AM when the client's competitor suddenly becomes "very interesting" to them.

But Not The Pdf

Linux

2 months ago 110.3K views 0 shares

Content HOW THE CLIENT DESCRIBED THEIR DATA X II Excel TXI THEIR DATA PDF

Tariffs On Your Spreadsheets

Databases Programming Backend

2 months ago 159.7K views 0 shares

BREAKING: The data economy just hit a WALL! 💀 Imagine thinking your innocent little comma-separated values were exempt from international trade wars! The horror! Your precious spreadsheet data now costs 25% more to import because SOMEONE decided CSV files are a national security threat. Data analysts everywhere are SCREAMING into their mechanical keyboards right now. Next thing you know, they'll be taxing JSON and XML too! Is nothing sacred anymore?! The digital apocalypse is upon us!

J Son: The Data Format That Broke The Internet

Javascript Webdev Programming Databases Frontend

2 months ago 179.5K views 0 shares

J Son: The Data Format That Broke The Internet

THE HORROR! You leave your API alone for FIVE MINUTES and return to find 1,525 posts about JSON?! The absolute TRAUMA of being a developer in 2023! Every time you check Twitter, there's another trending topic about data formats. Like, can we please just have ONE DAY without someone having an existential crisis over curly braces and key-value pairs?! The backend devs are screaming, the frontend devs are hyperventilating, and somewhere, an XML enthusiast is quietly sobbing in the corner.

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