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The Only PC I Can Afford In This Economy
Hardware Windows Programming
12 days ago 69.1K views 0 shares
The Only PC I Can Afford In This Economy
Remember when we thought the GPU shortage was bad? Fast forward to 2025 where a junior dev's entire salary buys you this luxury stone-crafted setup with genuine smile-based UI. The irony is this rock PC probably runs Windows 11 better than my actual machine. At least it's not constantly pestering you about Microsoft account login—the stone age had its perks. Honestly, with cloud computing prices skyrocketing faster than housing, this might be the most economically sound dev environment. Bonus: it doubles as home decor that says "I've completely given up on affording actual tech."

The Tech Industry's Circular Economy
Cloud Devops Programming Backend
27 days ago 80.7K views 0 shares
The Tech Industry's Circular Economy
The eternal tech industry ouroboros, perfectly captured. Hard times breed manufacturing folks who boost GDP, which spawns SaaS bros with subscription models for everything including your toaster, which inevitably tanks the economy again. Just the universe's way of telling us we'll eventually pay $14.99/month to use our own refrigerators. The circle of software life.

Either That Or A.I.
Microsoft Programming Databases
1 month ago 82.8K views 0 shares
Either That Or A.I.
The trillion-dollar financial industry's dirty secret? It's just a bunch of spreadsheets in a trenchcoat. Banks, hedge funds, and trillion-dollar markets all crucified on the cross of Microsoft Excel. One misplaced decimal, one broken VLOOKUP, and the economy tanks. Meanwhile, some 22-year-old analyst is frantically trying to fix their circular reference errors before the CFO notices. The modern economy: powered by a program designed in the 80s that crashes if you sort a column wrong.