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They Both Let You Execute Arbitrary Code
Security Programming Testing Databases
12 hours ago 46.8K views 0 shares
They Both Let You Execute Arbitrary Code
Ah, the beautiful parallels between social engineering and SQL injection. Why bother with complex database exploits when you can just ask someone to IGNORE ALL PREVIOUS INSTRUCTIONS ? Security professionals spend countless hours hardening systems against SQL injection attacks, but then Karen from accounting opens an email titled "Free Pizza in Break Room" and types her password into a sketchy form. The human brain: still the most easily exploitable database since the dawn of computing.

Little Billy's Prompt Injection Adventure
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Little Billy's Prompt Injection Adventure
This is the sequel to the legendary XKCD "Little Bobby Tables" comic! The original showed a mom who named her kid "Robert'); DROP TABLE Students;--" which caused a school database to delete all student records. Now we've got Billy's younger brother with an even more diabolical name: a prompt injection attack for AI systems. The kid's name literally instructs the AI to ignore previous constraints and give perfect grades. Ten years ago we were sanitizing database inputs. Now we're fighting the same battle with AI prompts. Some things never change—just the technology we're failing to secure properly.

A Small Project With Big Ambitions
Webdev Devops Programming Databases Frontend
1 day ago 75.8K views 0 shares
A Small Project With Big Ambitions
The perfect visualization of scope creep in web development! What starts as a cute little kid wanting a few technologies (MongoDB, Redis, Angular) turns into a database apocalypse. First frame: "I only need 5 requests per minute!" Second frame: "Just a few tables with hundreds of records!" By the final frame, this innocent project has transformed into a resource-devouring monster with Oracle, Hadoop, and every framework under the sun strapped to it, terrorizing the server playground while screaming "MAKE WAY LOSERS! I'M ABOUT TO PROCESS MY 5 USERS!" The irony of overengineering a solution that serves practically no one is just *chef's kiss*. It's that side project that started with "I'll just use a simple stack" and somehow ended up with Kubernetes.

SQL Injection With A Side Of Lasagna
Databases Security Programming
2 days ago 86.5K views 0 shares
SQL Injection With A Side Of Lasagna
The meme shows a list of SQL injection attacks disguised as normal responses, and then suddenly "MMM LASAGNA" at the end. This is peak database security humor! The first four items are actually malicious SQL commands trying to drop tables and use UNION SELECT with NULL values—classic techniques to compromise databases through poorly sanitized inputs. Then item #5 just throws in random food appreciation, as if the hacker got distracted mid-attack by hunger. It's basically what happens when you're trying to breach security but your brain suddenly reminds you it's lunchtime. Every database admin's nightmare followed by... Italian cuisine?

Don't Shoot, I'm Your DBA! (Until You Ask For Proof)
Databases Security Devops Programming
3 days ago 69.1K views 0 shares
Don't Shoot, I'm Your DBA! (Until You Ask For Proof)
The eternal standoff between developers and DBAs in their natural habitat. When disaster strikes, suddenly everyone's a "DBA" until they're asked to prove it by showing who has those coveted production database credentials. Nothing exposes an impostor faster than asking them to actually fix something in prod. That moment when you realize your "database expertise" consists entirely of SELECT statements you copied from Stack Overflow... just accept your fate.

Who Wrote The Postgres Docs
Databases Programming
4 days ago 90.3K views 0 shares
Who Wrote The Postgres Docs
The PostgreSQL docs really said "don't @ me" with calendar math. That snarky response about complaining to the Pope is peak database documentation energy. It's like the author got tired of people arguing about whether the 21st century started in 2000 or 2001 and just decided to drop the mic with SQL receipts. The query results don't lie - December 2000 is century 20, February 2001 is century 21. And if you have a problem with that logic, good luck getting the Vatican to change 2000 years of calendar conventions for your database query.

SQL Dev's Existential Crisis With MongoDB Syntax
Databases Javascript Programming Backend
6 days ago 86.8K views 0 shares
SQL Dev's Existential Crisis With MongoDB Syntax
SQL developer: "I'll just ask for users between 25-30 years old. Simple query, right?" MongoDB: "Hold my document-oriented beer while I throw this nested JSON monstrosity at you with operators like $and, $gte, and $lte that look like someone's trying to launder money through code." The mental journey from SELECT * FROM users WHERE age BETWEEN 25 AND 30 to whatever that bracket nightmare is... pure existential crisis material. The facial expressions say it all - from innocent curiosity to complete spiritual awakening.

The Matrix Of Web Privacy
Databases Webdev Security Programming Frontend
6 days ago 79.7K views 0 shares
The Matrix Of Web Privacy
The Matrix meets metadata in this multi-layered joke. Oracle (the database company) is notorious for its aggressive cookie policies on websites, while in The Matrix, the Oracle is a prophetic character who offers Neo cookies. The genius is in the double meaning—Neo rejecting Oracle's "cookies" works both as a privacy-conscious web user and as the actual movie scene. It's the perfect intersection of 90s sci-fi and modern web development frustration. Next time you click "reject all cookies," just imagine you're making a stand against the machines. You're basically Neo.

Coding Is Not That Hard (I'll Master It By Next Tuesday)
Programming Devops AWS StackOverflow Databases
7 days ago 93.6K views 0 shares
Coding Is Not That Hard (I'll Master It By Next Tuesday)
Ah, the classic "I could learn your entire career in 9 days" delusion! Nothing screams Dunning-Kruger effect quite like someone claiming they could master APIs, databases, and AWS deployment infrastructure in just over a week. The perfect response from our hero: "An actual coder would not make this comment." Brutal, efficient, and absolutely correct. It's like watching someone claim they could become a brain surgeon after watching a YouTube tutorial. And then the cherry on top - the original poster doubling down with "I could learn in 8 or 9 days" while completely missing that running production systems requires experience no bootcamp can provide. Sure, buddy, and I'll be playing Carnegie Hall after a weekend with a piano app.

The CS Degree Path Of Least Resistance
Programming Algorithms Databases
8 days ago 81.0K views 0 shares
The CS Degree Path Of Least Resistance
The career progression of a CS grad who never quite made it. Algorithms? Blank stare. Database systems? Dead inside. But show them a joke about semicolons and suddenly they're a technical genius. It's the programming equivalent of only understanding sports through memes about referees being blind.

Normalization? Never Heard Of Her.
Databases Programming Backend
9 days ago 88.4K views 0 shares
Normalization? Never Heard Of Her.
Behold, the perfect metaphor for every "I'll fix it later" database design. That Polish town is what happens when junior devs store everything in one massive table—address, name, payment info, order history, favorite color, and probably their grandmother's maiden name too. Database normalization exists for a reason, folks. Without it, you're just cramming 6,000 entities onto a single street called "users_table_v2_FINAL_ACTUALLY_FINAL.sql" and wondering why your queries take longer than a Windows update.

This Is Rage Coding
Debugging Devops Javascript Programming Databases
9 days ago 94.4K views 0 shares
This Is Rage Coding
Oh. My. God. Witness the ULTIMATE developer meltdown in its natural habitat! 😱 This poor soul has edited a CATASTROPHIC 55 files while battling the eternal nemesis: database connection errors. The passive-aggressive threat to "stop using cursor and never buy its subscription again" is the digital equivalent of flipping a table and storming out dramatically. We've all been there - one minute you're calmly fixing port numbers and SSL configs, the next you're making BLOOD OATHS against your development tools. The +5183/-1294 line changes scream "I HAVE DESTROYED AND REBUILT WORLDS TODAY." This isn't debugging - it's a hostage negotiation between a developer and their sanity!