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Select * From Art Where Creativity = Null

6 hours ago 62.8K views 0 shares

Ah yes, the classic "SQL" - Select Query Language interface for AI art generation. Just like SQL lets you select data from databases with minimal effort, these AI generators let you "select" artistic styles with equally minimal creativity. Behold the artistic process reduced to dropdown menus! Why spend years mastering painting techniques when you can just "SELECT (626)" from photographers? It's the perfect intersection of database queries and creative expression - both equally soulless when automated. The irony of unsubscribing from an art account to generate the same art yourself isn't lost on me. It's like firing your plumber after they show you where the wrench is.

Aged Like Milk: From AI Swagger To Security Nightmare

AI Security Programming Databases Backend

15 hours ago 122.3K views 0 shares

Aged Like Milk: From AI Swagger To Security Nightmare

Behold the magnificent journey of a "non-technical" founder going from AI-generated hubris to digital humility in just 48 hours! First tweet: "Look at my amazing no-code SaaS built with AI! Stop complaining and start building! P.S. People actually pay for this!" Two days later: "Help! I'm being attacked! My API keys are maxed out, people are bypassing subscriptions, and my database is a dumpster fire! BTW, I'm not technical so... oops?" The classic tale of finding out that building secure software requires more than just dragging and dropping with Cursor. Turns out "zero hand-written code" also means "zero security considerations." Who could have possibly predicted that?

With The Database Gone There Is No Need To Center Div Anymore

Frontend Webdev Programming Databases Backend

1 day ago 105.7K views 0 shares

With The Database Gone There Is No Need To Center Div Anymore

Frontend dev: "I can't center this div!" Backend dev: "Hold my coffee, I'll help." *5 minutes later* Frontend dev: "THE DATABASE IS GONE?!" Backend dev: "Well, technically you don't need to center that div anymore..." And that's why we don't let backend devs touch CSS. They'd rather nuke production than figure out display: flex; justify-content: center;

From Zero To Legacy Hero

Programming Microsoft Databases Backend

3 days ago 117.3K views 0 shares

The circle of programming life is brutal. First panel: a fresh-faced beginner in 2025 desperately seeking validation—"Hey does anyone need me?"—while everyone's just like "NAH" and "NO." Fast forward to panel three where suddenly someone needs them... but plot twist! It's to maintain a Microsoft Access database. That final panel with the lightning and demonic glow says everything about inheriting legacy tech. Nothing crushes the soul quite like realizing your shiny CS degree prepared you for... MS Access. The career trajectory we all fear but somehow keep encountering.

Big Data: The Emperor's New Clothes

Databases Programming Python Backend Cloud

4 days ago 144.3K views 1 shares

That awkward moment when the conference slide exposes the entire industry's dirty secret. Big data has become tech's favorite buzzword, with companies frantically collecting petabytes of information while quietly panicking about what to actually do with it all. Meanwhile, data scientists are in the corner writing elaborate Python scripts to justify their existence while the execs nod knowingly during presentations about "leveraging synergistic data-driven insights." The truth hurts so good!

The Sacred Underscore

Databases Javascript Programming Python Backend

5 days ago 101.4K views 0 shares

The eternal battle of naming conventions. Developers physically recoil at the sight of userId with its camelCase blasphemy, but experience pure ecstasy when encountering the sacred snake_case user_id . It's not a preference—it's a religion. The underscore is basically the holy symbol of database column naming.

The Three Dragons Of SQL Pronunciation

Databases Programming

6 days ago 111.3K views 0 shares

The eternal database holy war visualized as three dragons. "SQL" (pronounced like "sequel") is the menacing one, "SEQUEL" (the actual word) is the terrifying one, and "SQUEAL" (like a pig sound) is the derpy one with its tongue out. After 15 years in the industry, I've stopped correcting people. Say it however you want - the database will still ignore your perfectly crafted query and throw a syntax error anyway.

When Your Dinner Query Returns NULL

Databases Programming Debugging Testing Backend

7 days ago 97.1K views 0 shares

Looks like someone tried to order dinner but got served a SQL error instead. The database is having an existential crisis about whether hot chips and gravy actually exist. That's the universe telling you to cook at home tonight. The irony of an app designed to feed you that can't even feed itself the right data. Press OK to acknowledge your hunger will not be resolved programmatically.

Coders On Lemmy Be Like

Programming Algorithms Databases

8 days ago 98.8K views 0 shares

The graph shows the progression of a programmer's emotional state while navigating different topics. Algorithms? Neutral face. Database management? Slight concern. Programming memes? Pure joy. Sums up the Lemmy experience perfectly - we'd rather scroll through memes about our problems than actually solve them. The real O(n) complexity is how fast we'll abandon work to look at another "it works on my machine" joke.

Playtesters Quickly Discovered There Is No Explicit Cap To Display Names

Gamedev Security Programming Testing Databases

9 days ago 115.2K views 0 shares

Playtesters Quickly Discovered There Is No Explicit Cap To Display Names

The first rule of game development: always sanitize your inputs . Some poor dev just learned that VARCHAR(255) isn't enough when players can create display names like "ConundrumSupercalifragilisticexpusVortexWhimsicalWhisperXenodochialXyloglyphyYesteryearYggdrasilZanyZephyrZigguratZillionaireZenithZealotZiplineZigzaggingZephyrine" while flying spaceships and making terrible tuna puns. The database admin is probably having a nervous breakdown right now while the QA team is laughing hysterically. And somewhere, a junior dev is frantically writing a regex at 2 AM that they'll eventually copy-paste from Stack Overflow anyway.

The Three Heads Of Database Terminology

Databases Programming Backend

10 days ago 110.6K views 0 shares

The three-headed dragon meme takes on database humor with a linguistic twist. The fierce left head represents SQL (Structured Query Language), the menacing middle head is SEQUEL (SQL's original name at IBM), while the derpy right head is just... SQUIRREL, complete with tongue sticking out. It's basically how your brain processes technical acronyms after staring at database errors for 12 straight hours. The progression from professional database terminology to random woodland creature is the mental breakdown we never knew we needed.

They Figured Out That You Connected The Production DB To Cursor

Databases Security Devops Programming Debugging

11 days ago 159.7K views 0 shares

They Figured Out That You Connected The Production DB To Cursor

Oh look, it's that moment when someone whispers the catastrophic news in your ear. Connecting production DB to cursor? That's like giving a toddler admin access to nuclear launch codes. The face says it all – that perfect mix of "how screwed are we?" and "who do I fire first?" Every senior dev has felt this exact stomach drop when some junior bypasses all safeguards and directly queries prod with a cursor loop. RIP performance, hello weekend emergency fixes!

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