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Just Update Your Dependencies Bro
StackOverflow Webdev Javascript Programming Debugging
12 days ago 63.5K views 0 shares
Just Update Your Dependencies Bro
Nothing says "welcome to programming hell" quite like getting a Stack Overflow link from some smug dev who's clearly enjoying your suffering. You're desperate, your code is broken, and this guy sends you to a 2011 thread where the accepted answer uses jQuery 1.4 and mentions Internet Explorer compatibility. The worst part? That sadistic smile when they know full well the solution hasn't worked since Obama's first term. And yet they'll still hit you with "did you try updating your dependencies?" while mentally adding another victim to their collection.

My Documentation Is Old... Very Old
Programming Devops Debugging
1 month ago 56.6K views 0 shares
My Documentation Is Old... Very Old
When your codebase relies on documentation written during the Bush administration. Legolas here perfectly captures that moment when you realize the docs were written by an ancient developer who has long since departed to the Undying Lands (or Google). First panel: "My documentation is old" - You're hopeful it might still be relevant. Second panel: "very old" - Reality sinks in. This predates your programming language's current syntax. Third panel: "Full of memory" - Filled with references to deprecated functions and memory management techniques nobody uses anymore. Fourth panel: "and anger" - The inevitable emotion when you realize you'll have to reverse-engineer everything yourself while cursing whoever left this archaeological artifact behind.

Good Bye Old Friend
Microsoft Networking Windows
1 month ago 78.7K views 0 shares
Good Bye Old Friend
THE CORPORATE EXECUTION SCENE WE NEVER WANTED! Microsoft taking Skype behind the shed like it's Old Yeller is the tech tragedy of our time! 💔 After buying Skype for a CASUAL $8.5 BILLION in 2011, Microsoft is now basically putting it out of its misery as Teams becomes the golden child. The classic "acquire then retire" move that makes tech enthusiasts scream into their mechanical keyboards. Pour one out for those iconic notification sounds that interrupted COUNTLESS important meetings! You'll be remembered fondly... until we completely forget about you next week.

Trying To Learn A Young Language, Using A Tutorial That's More Than A Year Old
React Webdev Javascript Programming Frontend
1 month ago 139.8K views 0 shares
Trying To Learn A Young Language, Using A Tutorial That's More Than A Year Old
That moment when your teapot is missing half its spout but you still try to pour tea with it anyway. Just like trying to follow that React tutorial from 2022 that casually omits the fact that half the API was deprecated last month. "Just import createClass—oh wait, that's gone. Um, just use componentWillMount—nope, that's gone too." The modern dev experience is basically pouring molten chocolate through a broken teapot and hoping your cup catches more than your countertop.

Oh No. C++ Is Dead
C++ Microsoft Azure Windows Programming
1 month ago 199.3K views 0 shares
Oh No. C++ Is Dead
Microsoft Azure CTO declares C and C++ should be "deprecated" while his entire company runs on it. That's like a fish suggesting water is overrated. Next up: Windows will run on thoughts and prayers instead of kernel code. Meanwhile, Linux kernel devs, game engine programmers, and embedded systems engineers just collectively rolled their eyes so hard they saw their own brain stems.

Don't Get My Hopes Up
Programming Webdev Debugging Frontend Backend
2 months ago 120.0K views 0 shares
Don't Get My Hopes Up
That brief moment of joy when you find the perfect function in some obscure documentation, only to have your soul crushed in three consecutive stages of despair. First, it's deprecated. Then you discover the docs you're reading are from 2015. And finally, the killing blow - the new API has completely removed that functionality because some architect decided "nobody needs that anymore." Time to cobble together a 47-line workaround that'll haunt your code reviews for years!

The Glass Is Deprecated
StackOverflow Programming
2 months ago 86.4K views 0 shares
The Glass Is Deprecated
The classic optimist vs pessimist debate gets a programmer's twist! While normal people argue whether the glass is half full or half empty, developers on Stack Overflow just mark it as deprecated. Because in the coding world, why fix something when you can just abandon it entirely and force everyone to use the new CupV2 implementation? That water's probably running on legacy code anyway.

Yes Itisalivein 2025
Webdev Security Javascript Programming Frontend
3 months ago 113.4K views 0 shares
Yes Itisalivein 2025
Flash is the tech equivalent of a zombie apocalypse survivor. Adobe officially killed it in 2020, but here it is in 2025, crawling back from the grave with that red logo turned blue like it's wearing a disguise. "I lived, b*tches!" The number of legacy systems still running Flash is the real horror story here. Some ancient enterprise app is probably keeping the entire financial sector hostage with its Flash dependency. The developers who can maintain it are either retired or charging consultant rates that would make a surgeon blush.