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The Great Password Exposure Panic
Security Programming Frontend
8 hours ago 84.2K views 0 shares
The Great Password Exposure Panic
That moment of pure existential dread when muscle memory betrays you and suddenly your super-secret password " iLoveCats2007! " is on full display in the username field. Your brain frantically calculates how quickly you can hit backspace while simultaneously wondering if the person next to you has photographic memory. Nothing quite says "security expert" like broadcasting your credentials to the entire coffee shop. Pro tip: if this happens, just loudly announce "That's not my actual password, it's just what I type to confuse hackers" and watch as absolutely nobody believes you.

Have You Tried Unpacking It First?
Hardware Windows
20 hours ago 55.8K views 0 shares
Have You Tried Unpacking It First?
Shocking revelation: computers don't work when they're still in their boxes. Revolutionary concept, I know. Next up: why your car won't start when the engine is sitting in your garage separate from the chassis. The irony of having $3000+ worth of high-end components—RTX 4070, AMD CPU, fancy SSD—all neatly packaged while wondering why your digital powerhouse refuses to boot. Have you tried, I don't know... assembling it first? Pro tip: Computer parts work significantly better when not imprisoned in cardboard and plastic. The magic happens when you free them from their retail chains and connect them together. Revolutionary, I know.

Magic Comes With IDE
Debugging Programming
1 day ago 87.5K views 0 shares
Magic Comes With IDE
Nothing quite like the existential crisis of spending 30 minutes debugging an "error" only to discover it's just a comment. The IDE highlights it, your brain panics, and suddenly you're questioning every life decision that led you to this career. The worst part? You'll absolutely do it again next week.

You Don't Need Environment Variables
Security Webdev Devops Javascript Programming
4 days ago 60.2K views 0 shares
You Don't Need Environment Variables
The absolute madlad who hard-codes their API keys directly into the front-end JavaScript where anyone can see it with a quick inspect element. Security? What's that? Just a suggestion, like speed limits and code comments. Nothing says "I trust the internet" like broadcasting your AWS credentials to every single visitor. Next level: storing passwords in plaintext because "hashing is just extra work."

Code These Vibes (And Leak Those Passwords)
Security Vim Programming
4 days ago 48.3K views 0 shares
Code These Vibes (And Leak Those Passwords)
Oh sweet summer child! That "white dot" is the file being modified indicator—basically screaming "HEY, YOU HAVEN'T SAVED YOUR CHANGES YET!" But the real horror show? This person is casually displaying their plaintext password file for all of Reddit to see. Nothing says "hack me please" like showing off your passwords.csv with actual credentials. Somewhere, a security engineer is having heart palpitations while david13, john87, and friends are about to learn a valuable lesson about information sharing.

The Clown Makeup Of Troubleshooting
Docker Networking Devops Programming Linux
4 days ago 72.7K views 0 shares
The Clown Makeup Of Troubleshooting
The gradual descent into clown makeup as you troubleshoot a connection issue that was self-inflicted all along. Nothing quite captures the soul-crushing realization that you wasted hours debugging when your VPN was silently sabotaging everything. First you try random commands like sudo pacman -Syu (the Arch Linux equivalent of "have you tried turning it off and on again?"), then restart Docker, then consult colleagues who suggest the classic "sudo reboot" fix... only to discover your Sweden VPN was the culprit the entire time. The real joke is that we've all done this. Multiple times. And we'll do it again next week.

When I've Been Debugging The Same Problem For A Week
Debugging Programming Testing
6 days ago 65.6K views 2 shares
When I've Been Debugging The Same Problem For A Week
Nothing quite matches that special moment when you realize you've spent 40+ hours debugging a variable named userInput while the actual problem was in userImput . The existential crisis hits hard as you contemplate whether your CS degree was worth the student loans. The best part? This isn't even your worst debugging story—it's just Tuesday.

The Two Types Of Tech Support Nightmares
Hardware Programming Debugging
7 days ago 59.6K views 0 shares
The Two Types Of Tech Support Nightmares
The perfect illustration of irony in its natural habitat. First post: "There are 2 types of stupid people - those who can't read and those who won't follow instructions." Second post: Someone who clearly didn't grasp that computers don't work through formal introductions. The reply is pure gold - introducing your printer to your webcam like they're at a networking event? Putting name tags on them? This is exactly what happens when someone takes "computer recognition" a bit too literally. And they wonder why tech support drinks heavily.

Keeps Those Laptop Temps Down
Hardware
9 days ago 66.7K views 0 shares
Keeps Those Laptop Temps Down
When your gaming laptop hits 90°C and the warranty doesn't cover "acts of stupidity." That moment when you've tried everything—closing Chrome tabs, elevating the laptop, praying to the silicon gods—and then you remember that ancient cooling technique from the Paleolithic era. Sure, squirting water directly onto electronics is basically baptizing your motherboard into the church of permanent damage, but hey, at least you'll have those 3 seconds of reduced temperature before the smoke signals start!

Where's The Exe File?
Git Windows Programming
9 days ago 92.2K views 0 shares
Where's The Exe File?
OMG, the AUDACITY of this person! 💀 They're literally looking at a GitHub repository—you know, the ENTIRE SOURCE CODE—and still asking "where's the exe file?" Honey, GitHub isn't the Windows 95 CD-ROM your grandma installed Minesweeper from! It's like walking into a bakery, seeing all the ingredients and recipes on display, and asking "where's my cake?" YOU HAVE TO BAKE IT YOURSELF, SWEETIE! This is why developers drink...

There's Tons Of Code
Cloud Webdev Devops Programming Backend
10 days ago 69.2K views 0 shares
There's Tons Of Code
Marketing vs. Reality: The eternal tech industry cycle. First they sold us "serverless" computing, claiming we wouldn't need servers anymore. Surprise! It's still running on servers, just someone else's. Then came "no code" solutions promising to eliminate programming. Plot twist: underneath those drag-and-drop interfaces lurks an unholy amount of code someone else wrote. The face-palm is the universal developer response to buzzwords that promise to eliminate complexity while just relocating it.

Finally Finding Your Stupidity After Hours Of Debugging
Debugging Javascript Programming
12 days ago 69.5K views 0 shares
Finally Finding Your Stupidity After Hours Of Debugging
That GLORIOUS moment when you realize the bug that's been haunting your existence for SEVEN STRAIGHT HOURS was just a missing semicolon! Your bloodshot eyes, your trembling hands, your deteriorating sanity—all because you couldn't be bothered to type ONE. TINY. CHARACTER. The absolute AUDACITY of your brain to overlook something so microscopic while you rewrote entire functions and questioned your career choices! And the worst part? The sheer ECSTASY you feel when you find it, like you've solved the mysteries of the universe, when really you've just proven you're exactly the disaster everyone suspected!