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I Simply Wanted To Write Some Code...

6 days ago 133.2K views 0 shares

The dream: spend your day crafting elegant algorithms and solving interesting problems. The reality: waste 6 hours figuring out why your Docker container can't find Node 16.2.3 even though you CLEARLY specified it in your Dockerfile, then realize your .env file has a space after one of the equals signs. Cool cool cool.

The Graphics Card Dilemma

Hardware Gamedev Unity Programming

19 days ago 179.0K views 0 shares

The eternal divide between developers and gamers. While we're sweating over whether our ancient GPU can render one more Docker container without catching fire, the gaming kid next door is just happy his $2000 RTX card can run Minecraft at 500 FPS. The true irony? We'll end up buying the new card anyway, telling ourselves it's "for work" while secretly installing Steam at 2 AM.

The Circular Logic Of Stack Overflow Moderation

StackOverflow Devops Docker Programming Debugging

24 days ago 97.1K views 0 shares

The Circular Logic Of Stack Overflow Moderation

The pinnacle of StackOverflow irony: your Docker localhost question is flagged as a duplicate of a post that's been closed for not being about programming, which has 5x more upvotes than the "correct" question. Meanwhile, both questions are closed for completely contradictory reasons. It's like trying to exit Vim - no matter what you do, you're trapped in an endless cycle of "closed," "duplicate," and "not about programming" while desperately trying to figure out why your container can't see localhost. The cherry on top? The 2.8 million views suggest thousands of developers have the exact same "not programming related" problem.

Node Js Hipsters

Cloud AI Javascript Frontend Backend

25 days ago 91.7K views 0 shares

Content You're a bunch of node.js hipsters that just HAVE to install everything you read on Hacker News! But Docker allows us to run our applications anywhere! Do you hear yourself? Why do we need docker if we're running a VM? A container inside a container!!!

Docker In Real Life

Docker Devops Programming Backend Cloud

28 days ago 216.2K views 0 shares

The nightmare of every DevOps engineer - literal shipping containers labeled "API" stacked like Docker containers. Your therapist says Dockerised APIs can't hurt you, but there they are, physically manifesting in the real world. This is what happens when you take "containerization" too literally. Next thing you know, your microservices will be delivered by actual microscopic courier services.

The #1 Programmer Excuse For Legitimately Slacking Off

Docker Devops Programming

29 days ago 145.7K views 0 shares

The #1 Programmer Excuse For Legitimately Slacking Off

The ULTIMATE get-out-of-work-free card has been DISCOVERED! 🏆 When your Docker image is building, you're basically held hostage by technology—a prisoner of progress! The build process can take FOREVER (or at least long enough for a coffee, snack, and existential crisis). Even your boss can't argue with the sacred "Docker is Building" excuse. They might try to question your productivity, but once they see that terminal crawling with build logs, they'll dramatically retreat in technical defeat. The perfect crime! Docker: simultaneously revolutionizing containerization AND procrastination since 2013!

Documentation By Screenshot

Docker Devops Programming Debugging

1 month ago 206.7K views 0 shares

Who needs proper containerization when you can just document your chaos? The eternal dev dilemma: learning Docker's intricate orchestration system OR just taking 23 screenshots of your working environment like some digital hoarder. Nothing says "I'll figure it out later" quite like a folder full of PNG evidence of that one time everything actually worked. Future you will surely decipher those cryptic terminal screenshots taken at 2AM!

The Existential Crisis Of Modern Infrastructure

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1 month ago 179.9K views 0 shares

The Existential Crisis Of Modern Infrastructure

Modern infrastructure is like those Russian nesting dolls, except each layer has amnesia about how it got there. First you run whoami to confirm your identity crisis, then whereami reveals you're trapped in containerception—a Docker container inside Kubernetes inside a VM inside a hypervisor inside someone else's datacenter. And when you desperately ask howdidigethere , the system responds with brutal honesty: absolutely zero recollection of the deployment decisions that led to this beautiful disaster. It's cloud computing's version of waking up in Vegas with no memory but a receipt for 17 EC2 instances.

The Four Stages Of Developer Anxiety

Docker Devops Programming Debugging Cloud

1 month ago 123.0K views 0 shares

The evolution of developer anxiety in four stages. First, the mild concern of "works on my machine" - the classic excuse when your code fails elsewhere. Then the growing dread of "works on my build" as you realize you're one step closer to production. The full-blown panic of "works on my docker" where you've containerized your nightmare but still don't trust it. And finally, the complete mental breakdown of "works on my deployment" where you're just waiting for that 3AM alert to destroy what's left of your sanity. The container industry really sold us a circus, not a solution.

Absolute Fools: The DevOps Complexity Circus

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1 month ago 158.7K views 0 shares

Absolute Fools: The DevOps Complexity Circus

The eternal battle between old-school sysadmins and modern DevOps continues! This is basically every grizzled Unix veteran watching their company adopt Kubernetes to run a simple CRUD app that could've been handled by a single server from 2003. The meme brilliantly captures the frustration of seeing simple problems solved with absurdly complex solutions. Unix sockets? Nah, let's orchestrate 47 containers across 3 availability zones instead! Because nothing says "enterprise ready" like needing three diagrams that look like circuit boards just to deploy a hello world app. And the cherry on top? After all that complexity, the only actual requirement was "no downtime please" - which ironically would've been easier to achieve with the simpler setup. The real DevOps was inside us all along!

Why Can't I Install Things Myself

Programming Security Devops Docker Windows

1 month ago 139.2K views 1 shares

Ah, the classic corporate tech hostage situation. You're hired as a developer, yet somehow expected to code with nothing but Notepad and prayers. The IT department—those mystical gatekeepers of admin privileges—stand between you and basic functionality like Docker, VS Code, and PostgreSQL. Meanwhile, you're sitting there like a carpenter who's been handed a banana instead of a hammer, screaming internally "I HAVE TO HAVE MY TOOLS!!!" while submitting your 17th ticket to install npm. Nothing quite captures the absurdity of modern software development like needing permission to do the job they're paying you for. Fun fact: The average developer spends approximately 84 years of their career waiting for IT to approve software installations. I might have made that up, but it certainly feels true.

Fixed Docker Build

Docker Devops Git Programming Debugging

1 month ago 146.3K views 0 shares

The formal frog is making a grand announcement about the most trivial of victories - a PR that got merged with a single +1 and -0 change. That tiny diff is the programming equivalent of fixing a typo and acting like you've revolutionized the codebase. Docker builds are notoriously finicky, so when you finally get one working by changing literally one character, you absolutely deserve to announce it with the pomp and circumstance of an 18th century aristocrat. The build is fixed! The kingdom is saved! All hail the developer who added that missing semicolon!

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