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World's Best Email Address
Javascript Webdev Programming Debugging Testing
10 days ago 111.2K views 0 shares
World's Best Email Address
Ah yes, the infamous [object Object] — JavaScript's way of saying "I tried to convert an object to a string and failed spectacularly." Some poor developer forgot to extract the actual email property and just dumped the entire user object into the template. Now Virgin Media's customer is being addressed as a literal JavaScript error. Nothing says "we value your business" like exposing your serialization bugs in customer communications. This is why we can't have nice things in production.

Your Null Has Been Shipped
Programming Debugging Databases Backend
13 days ago 142.7K views 0 shares
Your Null Has Been Shipped
Looks like U.S. Bank just shipped the most valuable thing in programming—absolutely nothing! They're proudly announcing they've shipped null , complete with tracking capabilities. Sure, go ahead and track that non-existent card. Reminds me of those times when the backend team promises to deliver "something" by Friday, and then sends an empty JSON object. At least they're honest about shipping nothing instead of pretending it's a "feature-light release." The best part? Null is apparently "on its way" to an address they have "on file"—which probably means it'll arrive exactly never to precisely nowhere.

Several Ways To Send Mail In Linux
Linux Networking Bash Programming
18 days ago 168.9K views 0 shares
Several Ways To Send Mail In Linux
The evolution of Linux mail clients, as told by Winnie the Pooh's increasing sophistication. Thunderbird? Basic. Elm? Now we're getting somewhere. But telnet localhost 25 ? That's peak sysadmin energy right there - manually typing SMTP commands like it's 1985 and you've got something to prove. Nothing says "I understand the protocol" quite like handcrafting your email headers while your coworkers wonder why you're giggling at a terminal.

I Have A New Idea For This Weekend
AWS Devops Git Programming Cloud
19 days ago 135.4K views 0 shares
I Have A New Idea For This Weekend
Causing mass cardiac events in the developer community with a single email. Pure evil. The beauty is in the timing - 11PM Friday when everyone's either drunk or asleep, ensuring maximum panic when they finally see it Saturday morning with a hangover. The $30,000 figure is just specific enough to be believable. Somewhere, an AWS engineer just felt a disturbance in the force.

Mom Vs. Linux Setup
Linux Bash Programming
24 days ago 96.5K views 0 shares
Mom Vs. Linux Setup
Spending 47 hours configuring your Linux distro with custom kernel modules, a tiling window manager, and 16 different terminal color schemes just to feel like a digital special forces operator... meanwhile your mom can't even figure out how to send an email from your battle station. The irony is that you've built this ultra-powerful system that's completely unusable by anyone but yourself. That's not a bug though—it's a feature.

When The Rejection Template Rejects Itself
Programming
29 days ago 102.4K views 0 shares
When The Rejection Template Rejects Itself
Someone forgot to replace their template variables! The recruiter sent a rejection email with the actual instructions still visible: {{rejection_message}} followed by the template text. Basically caught red-handed with the corporate equivalent of "copy this excuse but change the names." The job hunt remains the only place where both sides pretend the process isn't completely automated until someone screws up like this.

The Great Notification Reversal
Programming
1 month ago 124.7K views 0 shares
The Great Notification Reversal
The digital evolution of excitement in a nutshell! Back in the AOL era, physical mail made us sigh with boredom while "You've Got Mail" notifications sparked pure joy. Fast forward to our inbox-apocalypse present where we're drowning in 220 unread emails (rookie numbers) while an actual physical letter now triggers the dopamine rush formerly reserved for dial-up connections. The ultimate role reversal that perfectly captures how technology has flipped our notification dopamine circuits. Remember when email was special and not just another anxiety-inducing todo list? Pepperidge Farm remembers.

Your Null Has Been Shipped
Programming Javascript Debugging Backend
1 month ago 127.8K views 0 shares
Your Null Has Been Shipped
HONEY! The bank just emailed! My literal NOTHING is on its way! 🎉 Can't wait to open that empty package of pure void and stare into the existential abyss of my bank account! They even let me track my non-existent card! How thoughtful! It's like Christmas morning except Santa brought me a beautiful gift-wrapped box of ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. Programmers everywhere feeling that special joy when their null references escape into the real world. Bank developers probably sitting there like "Did we just ship... nothing? Eh, ship it anyway!"

Localhost: Where All Resumes Go To Die
Debugging Webdev Devops Programming Testing
1 month ago 97.9K views 0 shares
Localhost: Where All Resumes Go To Die
Someone forgot to update their production URL! The job posting asks candidates to send resumes to careers@localhost — essentially asking people to email their resumes to their own computers. That's like telling someone to mail a letter to "My House" with no address. The developer probably copy-pasted from their test environment and never updated it before going live. Four years of experience required but apparently none needed for whoever set up this job posting!

Planned Obsolescence
Microsoft Networking Security Devops Programming
1 month ago 113.8K views 1 shares
Planned Obsolescence
A lone dog stares contemplatively at the vast landscape, mourning the death of SMTP Basic Auth. The meme perfectly captures that special moment when tech giants decide your perfectly functional legacy system should die because "security." Meanwhile, thousands of IT admins worldwide are frantically updating ancient email scripts before everything breaks. But hey, progress, right? For the uninitiated, SMTP Basic Auth is that simple username/password authentication that's been reliably sending emails since the dawn of time. Now it's being put down like Old Yeller while modern OAuth solutions stand by, ready to introduce sixteen new points of failure.

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The Quick Call Conspiracy
Programming Devops Agile
2 months ago 122.0K views 0 shares
The Quick Call Conspiracy
That moment when your coworker suggests a "quick call" to discuss something you've already meticulously documented in an email with bullet points, code snippets, and three supporting diagrams. Nothing says "I didn't read a single word you wrote" like forcing you into a 45-minute meeting that could have been a 30-second scroll. The modern workplace equivalent of watching someone deliberately stick their hand in a crab trap.

The Unfortunate Word Break Incident
Frontend Webdev Programming
2 months ago 92.0K views 0 shares
The Unfortunate Word Break Incident
The eternal struggle of inbox management just got real. That truncated email subject "How IT Can Leverage Anal..." is the perfect storm of unfortunate word breaks that haunts every tech professional. The universe conspires to make corporate communications as awkward as possible—right at the moment your boss walks by your screen. Somewhere, a product manager is wondering why open rates for this newsletter suddenly skyrocketed by 300%. Pro tip: this is why you should always preview your email subjects on mobile devices first!