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Production Ready If You Don't Ask Questions

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Production Ready If You Don't Ask Questions

The corporate facade vs the horrifying reality of "automation" in tech. Top: Suited executive proudly announcing a sophisticated database pipeline that'll revolutionize operations. Bottom: The actual implementation - a janky cron job triggering six barely-functional Python scripts held together by that one shell alias nobody understands but everyone's afraid to touch. It's the digital equivalent of duct tape and prayers, but hey, it works 60% of the time, every time!

Production Server After Refactoring Working Code

Programming Devops Debugging Testing Backend

1 day ago 135.9K views 0 shares

Production Server After Refactoring Working Code

You know that code that's been running flawlessly for 5 years? The one written by that dev who left the company and didn't document anything? Yeah, some hotshot just decided it needed "optimization" and "clean architecture." Now your Slack is blowing up, the CEO is calling, and somewhere a database is crying. This is why we have the sacred developer commandment: "If it ain't throwing errors, don't fix it." Nuclear meltdown is just nature's way of saying you should've left that legacy spaghetti code alone.

Surprise Pikachu As A Service

Testing Devops Agile Programming Debugging

2 days ago 99.4K views 0 shares

That moment when your "tiny fix" causes the entire production environment to implode. The classic "it works on my machine" defense suddenly evaporates as you stare into the void of your career choices. We've all been there—confidently skipping tests because "how could this possibly break anything?" only to discover that yes, in fact, it could break everything . The shocked Pikachu face perfectly captures that split second between hubris and humility when you realize what you've done. Pro tip: There's no such thing as a "small fix" when it comes to production. Test your code, folks. Or at least have your resume updated.

Homer Team Lead

Devops Security Programming Debugging Testing

3 days ago 122.3K views 0 shares

The classic management hierarchy in its natural habitat. Homer, the team lead, doesn't care what unholy abomination the junior devs have unleashed—as long as production stays up. Necromancy? Fine. Summoning eldritch horrors from the void? Whatever. Just don't touch the uptime metrics. The true horror isn't what they raised from the dead, but the inevitable 3AM call when whatever they conjured finally takes down the servers.

It Was Not My Fault

Devops AI Programming Debugging Backend

3 days ago 117.6K views 0 shares

Ah, the classic blame game in tech. Production environment is in flames (literally, a broken Goku figure), while AI gets all the media attention (the cat just chillin'), and the Senior Engineer gets pointed at to fix everything. Six years of experience and I'm still the janitor cleaning up after "it worked on my machine" disasters. Meanwhile, management's already planning the next feature while I'm knee-deep in production logs at 2 AM. The circle of tech life continues.

Test Suite Setup: The Infrastructure Apocalypse

Testing Devops Docker Programming Databases

4 days ago 122.2K views 0 shares

Test Suite Setup: The Infrastructure Apocalypse

Oh. My. GOD! This is what passes for a "test suite setup" these days?! 🙄 The absolute AUDACITY of this engineer spinning up TWO ENTIRE DATABASES, Docker containers, and who knows what else just to run some tests! Meanwhile, the person's face says it all - that smug "I'm about to watch the world burn while this monstrosity takes 45 minutes to initialize" expression. The perfect representation of modern development where "simple unit tests" now require their own data center and probably three cloud providers on standby. And they wonder why the coffee machine is always empty!

Just Add The Commit Hook

Devops Git Docker Programming

5 days ago 120.0K views 0 shares

Ah, the classic "we have food at home" meme but for developers! Kid wants professional CI/CD pipelines, mom says no because there's "CI/CD at home" - which turns out to be a janky collection of config files and shell scripts cobbled together by some poor soul who just wanted to automate deployments without learning Jenkins. It's the equivalent of calling a stick tied to a rock "advanced weaponry." That homemade CI/CD solution is one failed deployment away from bringing the entire production environment crashing down faster than a junior dev's confidence during their first code review.

Malware Blocked: When Your Mac Thinks Docker Is The Enemy

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5 days ago 125.9K views 0 shares

Malware Blocked: When Your Mac Thinks Docker Is The Enemy

When macOS thinks Docker is malware, it's like your paranoid grandma refusing to let your friend in because they're "dressed suspiciously." The irony of a containerization tool—literally designed to safely isolate applications—being flagged as malicious is peak Silicon Valley drama. Meanwhile, developers everywhere frantically Google "how to convince my Mac that Docker isn't trying to steal its identity" while questioning their career choices.

How Docker Was Born

Docker Devops Programming Debugging

6 days ago 111.0K views 1 shares

The eternal developer nightmare: "It works on my machine." Then some wise guy says, "Let's just ship your machine then." And boom—containerization was invented. Docker basically puts your entire development environment in a box and ships it around like a digital FedEx, minus the crushed packages. No more dependency hell or configuration purgatory. Just seal it up and send it off.

Professional On TV, Pajama Chaos In Reality

Devops Bash Programming Python Databases

6 days ago 111.4K views 0 shares

Professional On TV, Pajama Chaos In Reality

The corporate facade vs. the chaotic reality behind it. Up top, we've got the slick "fully automated database update pipeline" that management brags about in meetings. Down below? The truth emerges - it's just a janky cron job, a handful of Python scripts held together with digital duct tape, and that one mysterious shell alias nobody dares to touch because the last person who wrote it left the company in 2014. The whole system would collapse if not for that poor intern who keeps manually poking it with a stick every few hours. Enterprise-grade automation at its finest!

The Hidden Infrastructure Of Production

Debugging Devops Programming Testing Backend

6 days ago 99.3K views 0 shares

The facade of normalcy versus the chaotic reality of software development in one perfect image! Users are happily dining on a beautiful balcony, completely oblivious to the structural disaster underneath where a lone developer is frantically patching the crumbling foundation. That moment when you push a hotfix at 2PM while Slack is blowing up with "is the system down?" messages from sales. Meanwhile, your CEO is demoing the "rock-solid platform" to potential investors upstairs. The digital equivalent of "this is fine" while everything's literally collapsing around you.

How To Ruin Your Weekend

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9 days ago 105.5K views 0 shares

The AUDACITY of that finger hovering over the deploy button on a Friday! 💀 Nothing says "I hate myself and everyone around me" quite like pushing code right before the weekend. That finger is literally ONE PRESS away from turning your peaceful Saturday morning into a hellscape of emergency Slack notifications and your boss calling you while you're trying to enjoy your cereal. The weekend-ruining potential is just *chef's kiss* magnificent. It's like setting your future self on fire for the mild convenience of not waiting until Monday!

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