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The Four Horsemen Of SQL Development
Databases Programming Debugging
6 days ago 92.3K views 0 shares
The Four Horsemen Of SQL Development
The four horsemen of SQL development: finger-cracking before joining those tables, neck-craning to decipher someone else's query, thigh-rubbing after sitting for 8 hours optimizing indexes, and the dreaded accidental CAPS LOCK when typing commands. Nothing says "I'm about to destroy this entire database" quite like accidentally typing DELETE FROM USERS instead of delete from users. The database doesn't care about your feelings, but it sure cares about your capitalization.

They Don't Know How To Join Tables
Frontend Javascript Programming Databases Backend
7 days ago 142.6K views 0 shares
They Don't Know How To Join Tables
Frontend developers getting roasted harder than the CPU running their npm install. The joke hinges on SQL's JOIN operation - something backend folks use to combine data from multiple database tables. Meanwhile, frontend devs are over there positioning divs and arguing about whether dark mode should be activated based on system preferences or user choice. Can't blame them though - hard to join tables when all you've ever joined is another JavaScript framework bandwagon.

The Intern's Production Database Adventure
Databases Security Programming Debugging
8 days ago 113.2K views 0 shares
The Intern's Production Database Adventure
That moment of pure existential horror when you spot the intern casually connecting to your production database through some sketchy website you've never seen before. The same database that powers your entire company. The same database that took you three all-nighters to optimize last month. And they're just... clicking around. Exploring. Writing queries . Without a WHERE clause in sight. Your soul leaves your body as you realize they have admin privileges somehow. You're not even mad—you're just impressed at how quickly they've found a way to bypass all seven layers of security you implemented.

Finally Crawling Back To SQL
Databases Programming Debugging Backend
11 days ago 101.5K views 0 shares
Finally Crawling Back To SQL
The sweet, sweet embrace of relational databases after spending months in NoSQL hell. You swore MongoDB was the future, but now you're crawling back to PostgreSQL like a desperate ex. "Please take me back, I promise I'll normalize my tables this time." Nothing says "I've grown as a person" quite like appreciating foreign key constraints after trying to manually join documents across collections. The NoSQL hangover is real.

Prequelflirttosql
AI Databases Backend
13 days ago 68.9K views 0 shares
Prequelflirttosql
Content yeah, i'm sick Ikta Sick of thick database, lemme SELECT * FROM your heart, babygurl

Interview Preparation Vs Actual Work
Programming Algorithms Debugging Databases Backend
14 days ago 140.3K views 0 shares
Interview Preparation Vs Actual Work
Left side: A pristine O'Reilly book with an elegant wild boar illustration, promising the secrets to "Designing Data-Intensive Applications" with "reliable, scalable, and maintainable systems." Right side: The same boar, but now sleeping on a dirty mattress next to garbage bins. The elegant theory meets the trashy reality. Spent three months mastering B-trees and distributed consensus algorithms just to end up writing SQL queries that could've been figured out with a 5-minute Stack Overflow search. The duality of software engineering: expectation vs. the glorious dumpster fire we call production.

Full Outer Join
Databases Algorithms Programming
16 days ago 218.5K views 0 shares
Full Outer Join
OH. MY. GOD. This is the most SAVAGE database joke I've ever witnessed! 💀 A FULL OUTER JOIN literally returns ALL rows from BOTH tables, matching them where possible but keeping the unmatched ones too! Just like these two books - "What They Teach You at Harvard Business School" and "What They DON'T Teach You at Harvard Business School" - which together contain THE ENTIRE UNIVERSE OF KNOWLEDGE! I am DECEASED! The database nerds are absolutely HOWLING right now while everyone else is left wondering why we're cackling over SQL joins! This is the kind of humor that separates the database architects from the mere mortals!

Disaster Recovery: Homer Edition
Devops Security Programming Databases
17 days ago 170.8K views 0 shares
Disaster Recovery: Homer Edition
Oh. My. GOD! The absolute HORROR of attempting disaster recovery without a backup! 😱 On the left, we have the beautiful, organized Homer Simpson cake - the epitome of having your data properly backed up. But the right?! That MONSTROSITY is what happens when your production database crashes at 4:59pm on Friday and your last backup was from 2019! It's not even a proper Homer anymore - it's Homer's sleep-paralysis demon after a three-day coding bender! The sheer PANIC in those eyes speaks to my SOUL! This is why DevOps engineers drink heavily and database admins have that thousand-yard stare!

When CRUD Spells Your Downfall
Databases Webdev Programming Backend
20 days ago 146.3K views 0 shares
When CRUD Spells Your Downfall
Ah yes, the classic "accidental SQL injection" presentation fail. Someone thought they were being clever highlighting the first letter of each CRUD operation, only to spell out a rather unfortunate four-letter word on stage. The presenter probably didn't notice until the snickering started from the back row. Nothing says "professional database lecture" quite like accidentally dropping an S-bomb in 72-point font. Bet that slide got updated faster than you can say "WHERE clause=embarrassment".

Write Your Own SQL Or Draw 25
Backend Programming Debugging Databases
21 days ago 150.2K views 0 shares
Write Your Own SQL Or Draw 25
Backend developers faced with the choice between writing custom SQL queries or using an ORM that generates 25 unnecessary joins? *Grabs entire deck* After 5 years of optimizing database performance, you learn that sometimes it's easier to just write the damn query yourself than debug why your fancy framework is pulling 200MB of data for what should be a simple lookup.

O Vs Null: The Eternal Bathroom Debate
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21 days ago 127.2K views 0 shares
O Vs Null: The Eternal Bathroom Debate
Finally, the age-old programming debate visualized in its purest form. On the left, we have a toilet paper roll installed "over" (O), representing those who believe empty values should be represented by a zero. On the right, we have the "under" orientation (NULL), championed by developers who insist NULL is the proper way to represent nothingness. Just like the bathroom debate that's destroyed friendships and marriages, programmers will fight to the death over whether to use 0 or NULL when something doesn't exist. And much like toilet paper orientation, whichever side you choose reveals your true character as a developer. Choose wisely—your code reviews depend on it.

Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares, But For Software Development
Devops Security AWS Programming Linux
22 days ago 171.9K views 0 shares
Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares, But For Software Development
SWEET MOTHER OF LEGACY CODE! 😱 A Gordon Ramsay-style tech show would be the MOST SAVAGE THING EVER! Imagine him discovering your company is running Ubuntu 8.04 (released in 2008 and LONG dead) with not one but TWO backdoors AND a crypto miner stealing your electricity! That's like finding expired ingredients from the last decade AND rats in the kitchen! And owing $2 MILLION to AWS?! That's not technical debt, that's technical BANKRUPTCY! The cloud bill alone would make Gordon's veins pop out of his forehead while he screams "THIS INFRASTRUCTURE IS SO OLD IT REMEMBERS WHEN JAVASCRIPT WAS COOL THE FIRST TIME!"