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Every Single Prod Release
Devops Programming Debugging Testing Cloud
6 days ago 211.0K views 0 shares
Every Single Prod Release
The perfect metaphor for software deployment doesn't exi— That confident "Yeah, probably..." followed by a LITERAL EXPLOSION nine seconds later is the most accurate representation of production releases I've ever seen. It's that special moment when your PM asks "Is the release ready?" and you say "Sure!" while frantically trying to remember if you tested that one edge case where the user inputs their name in Klingon while standing on one foot. SpaceX rockets and software deployments share the same two possible outcomes: spectacular success or spectacular failure. There is no in-between. At least rocket scientists expect explosions occasionally - developers are just expected to cry quietly in the server room.

The Agile Manifesto's Fine Print
Agile Devops Programming Testing
2 months ago 86.5K views 1 shares
The Agile Manifesto's Fine Print
Turns out those daily stand-ups and sprint retrospectives weren't the silver bullet after all! This headline is the equivalent of telling developers that their religion is false. Watch as Agile evangelists frantically explain how "that's not real Agile" and "you're just doing it wrong" while ignoring the 268% higher failure rate staring them in the face. The irony is delicious - a methodology that promised to save us from waterfall disasters is apparently worse than the thing it was supposed to replace. Meanwhile, project managers everywhere are desperately updating their LinkedIn profiles to remove "Certified Scrum Master" before anyone notices.

When You Make Your First Bucks Online
Programming Webdev Frontend Backend
3 months ago 107.1K views 0 shares
When You Make Your First Bucks Online
Every dev who's ever deployed their first monetized side project knows this pain. You spend 300 hours building a SaaS app, celebrate making your first $20, and suddenly your entire family thinks you're the next Zuckerberg. Meanwhile, you're hiding in the attic calculating that your hourly rate works out to about 6 cents, wondering if you should mention the $200 you spent on AWS credits. The classic "ramen profitable" stage where the only thing more fragile than your codebase is your ego.