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Saved By Integer Underflow

16 hours ago 51.5K views 0 shares

When your weight variable hits zero and keeps decreasing, you don't disappear—you just wrap around to the maximum value! This is the programmer's version of weight loss where integer underflow turns you from a skinny stick figure into a buff dude instantly. No gym required, just exploit the data type limitations. It's basically the same hack that made Pac-Man playable after level 255. The thin person panicking about being "erased from existence" clearly never implemented proper boundary checks!

Did This Get Resolved

Agile Webdev Programming Debugging Testing

3 days ago 62.2K views 0 shares

Product Manager: "I want developers to lower me into my grave so they can LET ME DOWN one last time." Developer: "At least this requirement is clear." QA Engineer: "But is it though? With coffin or without? Which developers? What's the timeline? Need acceptance criteria for 'lowering'. Please clarify the definition of 'grave'. What's our fallback plan if developers are unavailable? Have we considered edge cases like zombie apocalypse?" The eternal dev cycle: PM makes vague request → Dev thinks they understand → QA finds 47 ambiguities that nobody considered. Rinse and repeat until retirement... or funeral.

The Unreproducible Bug Paradox

Debugging Hardware Gamedev Programming Testing

3 days ago 57.2K views 0 shares

Every developer's nightmare: spending days debugging that "impossible" bug only for some speedrunner to reliably reproduce it with bizarre hardware configurations. You meticulously document "not reproducible" in JIRA, close the ticket, and BAM—someone with an overclocked GPU and 37 Chrome tabs finds it instantly. Then when you fix THAT specific edge case, another one appears! The endless cycle of "it works on my machine" followed by the crushing realization that your code is at the mercy of hardware chaos. The skeleton represents your soul leaving your body after the fifth "actually, I can reproduce it every time" email.

Are You A Good Developer ?

Programming Debugging Testing Frontend Backend

7 days ago 58.4K views 0 shares

Ah yes, the sacred developer survival instinct! Just like checking for cars on a one-way street despite the rules saying they only come from one direction, a real developer never trusts the documentation, API specs, or that "perfectly working" legacy code. Sure, the function says it returns a string—but is it really a string or some unholy string-like object waiting to explode your production server? Trust issues aren't a bug in our profession—they're a feature!

Worst Kind Of Trick Or Treater

Testing Security Bash Programming Debugging

8 days ago 81.6K views 0 shares

Software testers don't just find bugs—they actively hunt them down with maniacal glee. This poor homeowner is experiencing what developers face daily: a relentless barrage of edge cases designed to break everything. From SQL injection attempts ( DROP TABLE candy ) to buffer overflow tests ( 3333 Musketeers ) to that terrifying ${rm -rf /} command that would delete your entire filesystem—this tester is determined to crash your Halloween just like they crash your code in production. And ringing the doorbell 2^32-1 times? That's just testing the integer limit before overflow. The house sinking into the ground is the only reasonable response to such QA terrorism.

My Code My Logic

Programming Debugging Testing Frontend Backend

11 days ago 80.9K views 0 shares

Ah, the digital clock showing 9:77:58 – the perfect representation of what happens when you decide requirements are just "suggestions." This is basically what your code looks like when you decide that time constraints, logic, and basic physics are merely optional guidelines. Sure, there are only 60 minutes in an hour according to "conventional standards," but your code boldly asks: "Says who?" This is the same energy as returning a string when the function clearly asks for an integer. Revolutionary? Perhaps. Functional? Absolutely not. But hey, at least your code is consistent in its complete disregard for reality!

If Month Equals 12 Then

Programming Debugging Testing

12 days ago 87.0K views 0 shares

This elevator is living in the year 2025 with 13 months! Classic programmer oversight - when your date validation lets month=13 slip through. The elevator's showing "2025/13/01" because some poor dev forgot that arrays don't always start at 0. Now we're all stuck in the mythical 13th month riding to the 4th floor. This is what happens when you test in production and your error handling is just "meh, it compiles." The computer calendar apocalypse has begun, one elevator display at a time!

Apparently Listing My Car For Sale With 45 Kilometres On The Odometer Is "Misleading" And "Illegal"

Programming Javascript Python Debugging Testing

13 days ago 83.2K views 0 shares

Apparently Listing My Car For Sale With 45 Kilometres On The Odometer Is "Misleading" And "Illegal"

This programmer just discovered the joy of integer overflow in real life! The odometer reads "P 181181" but they're advertising it as just 45km. Classic programmer move—technically it's just 45km... after rolling over from 999,999! It's like when your unit tests pass because you didn't account for edge cases. The authorities might call it "fraud," but programmers call it "unexpected feature behavior." Next time try using a uint64 for your odometer, buddy!

Slpt: Steal From Your Newborn So They Become Rich

Programming Security Debugging Databases

14 days ago 66.1K views 0 shares

Slpt: Steal From Your Newborn So They Become Rich

Ah, the classic integer overflow exploit, but for babies! This programmer parent found the ultimate life hack - exploiting the Social Security system like it's a poorly coded video game from the 90s. Give your newborn a dollar, wait for their SS number, then take it back to create a negative balance that wraps around to the maximum 32-bit integer value ($2,147,483,647). It's basically SQL injection but for parenting. This is what happens when developers become parents - they immediately start looking for edge cases in government systems. Forget college funds, just find buffer overflows!

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