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Not Knowing To Code

4 days ago 182.2K views 1 shares

Plot twist: they're both the same person at different stages of their career. AI Engineers out here getting six-figure salaries by writing prompts and calling APIs while traditional devs are grinding through LeetCode mediums at 2 AM. The real kicker? Both groups are equally terrified when asked to implement a linked list from scratch. The modern tech industry has basically decided that knowing how to sweet-talk GPT-4 into generating React components is just as valuable as actually understanding what useState does under the hood. And honestly? They might not be wrong. Why spend years mastering algorithms when you can just ask ChatGPT and hope it doesn't hallucinate a sorting function that only works on Tuesdays?

Please Raise Your Hand If You Qualify

Java Webdev Devops React Git

5 days ago 265.6K views 0 shares

Nothing says "we have no idea what we actually need" quite like a job posting that requires 4 years of experience with React 16+ when React 16 came out like 6 years ago. But sure, let me just pull out my time machine and get 5 years of experience with every technology that's existed for 3 years. They want a full-stack unicorn who's mastered Java EE, Spring, Angular, React, PHP, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Docker, AWS, and apparently has been using Git for 5 years like it's some kind of specialized skill. Brother, I've been using Git for 10 years and I still Google how to undo a commit. The real kicker? They probably want to pay you $75k for this "junior developer" position that requires the combined experience of an entire dev team. HR just copy-pasted every buzzword from the last decade into one listing and called it a day.

Fake It Until Always

Backend Webdev Programming Frontend

14 days ago 249.0K views 1 shares

Frontend devs: peacefully lifting their beautiful, well-styled baby in a sunny meadow while birds chirp and flowers bloom. Backend devs: desperately holding up the entire apocalyptic infrastructure while chaos erupts, buildings crumble, and demons spawn from the database connections. That baby? Yeah, it's trying to escape too. The frontend looks pristine because someone's gotta maintain the illusion that everything's fine. Meanwhile, the backend is out here juggling authentication failures, race conditions, memory leaks, and that one microservice that keeps timing out at 3 AM. But hey, as long as the button has a nice gradient and smooth hover animation, users will never know the backend is held together with duct tape and prayers. Fun fact: The average backend developer has memorized at least 47 different HTTP status codes and still somehow returns 500 for everything.

Modern Full Stack Developer

AI Webdev Programming Frontend Backend

18 days ago 213.0K views 0 shares

Oh honey, you thought "full-stack" meant knowing React AND Node.js? How adorably 2019 of you! Now it means having three AI assistants open in browser tabs like some kind of digital puppet master. Claude for the elegant code, ChatGPT for when you need something explained like you're five, and Perplexity for... honestly, just vibes at this point. The real tech stack is now: 40% prompting skills, 30% knowing which AI hallucinates less, 20% copy-pasting with confidence, and 10% pretending you totally knew that solution all along during code reviews. Frontend? Backend? Database optimization? Nah bestie, the only stack that matters is your AI subscription stack. Welcome to 2024, where "full-stack developer" just means you're full of tabs running LLMs who actually do the work while you sip coffee and feel like Tony Stark.

Modern Full Stack Dev

AI Webdev Programming Frontend Backend

18 days ago 239.9K views 0 shares

The "stack" used to mean React, Node, MongoDB. Now it's three browser tabs of AI chatbots doing all the actual work while you pretend to understand what they just generated. Full-stack developer has been redefined as "full stack of AI assistants open simultaneously." The tech stack is now literally just... tabs. No databases, no frameworks, no architecture decisions—just Claude, ChatGPT, and Perplexity carrying your entire career on their digital backs. At least you're honest about it.

What's Yours?

Programming Webdev Frontend Backend

19 days ago 234.0K views 0 shares

When someone asks about your tech stack and you show them a literal stack of chips. The ultimate dad joke for developers who've been in enough architecture meetings to know that sometimes the best stack is the one you can actually eat. No dependencies, no version conflicts, no npm install nightmares—just pure, crispy satisfaction. Though I'll admit, the deployment process does leave your fingers a bit greasy, and the documentation tastes suspiciously like salt and regret.

A Job Title That Accurately Describes My Workflow

StackOverflow Webdev Programming Frontend Backend

1 month ago 261.4K views 0 shares

A Job Title That Accurately Describes My Workflow

Forget Full Stack Developer—we're all just Pull Stack Developers copy-pasting from StackOverflow, GitHub repos, and random blog posts we found at 2 AM. The "stack" we're really mastering is Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V. Who needs to memorize syntax when you've got the entire internet as your external brain? Job interviews ask about data structures, but the real skill is knowing which search terms will get you the code snippet that actually works.

I Am The IT Department

AWS Devops React Git Kubernetes

1 month ago 421.4K views 0 shares

Oh honey, you sweet summer child recruiter. You think you're hiring ONE person? Bless your heart. You've basically listed the skill requirements for an entire Fortune 500 company's tech division and slapped "Full Stack Developer" on it like it's a cute little job title. Backend? Check. Frontend? Check. Three different databases because apparently one wasn't enough trauma? Check. The ENTIRE AWS ecosystem? Sure, why not! Oh and while we're at it, throw in system administration, containerization, orchestration, AND test-driven development because clearly this mythical unicorn developer has 47 hours in their day. The punchline hits different because it's TRUE. This isn't a job posting—it's a cry for help disguised as a LinkedIn post. They're not looking for a developer; they're looking for someone to BE the entire IT infrastructure while probably offering "competitive salary" (translation: $65k and unlimited coffee).

Frontend Vs Backend

Backend Webdev Programming Frontend

1 month ago 303.4K views 0 shares

Frontend devs out here living their best life in a meadow of sunshine and rainbows, getting lifted up and celebrated while everyone oohs and aahs at their pretty buttons and smooth animations. Meanwhile, backend devs are literally fighting for their LIVES in a post-apocalyptic hellscape with zombies, explosions, and general chaos everywhere. They're keeping the entire infrastructure from collapsing while frontend gets all the glory for making things look pretty. The backend dev is still somehow managing to hold it together while the world burns around them, dealing with database crashes, server fires, and API nightmares that nobody will ever see or appreciate. But sure, let's all clap for that CSS gradient. The accuracy is PAINFUL.

When You Realize 6 Months Of Coding Is Still No Magic

Backend Webdev Programming Databases

1 month ago 184.0K views 1 shares

When You Realize 6 Months Of Coding Is Still No Magic

Six months in and you thought you'd be building the next Netflix by now. Instead, you're still Googling "how to center a div" and wondering why your API returns undefined. Backend development is basically an iceberg where the tip is "hello world" and the rest is databases, authentication, caching, microservices, message queues, load balancing, and existential dread about whether you should've just become a frontend dev. The real maturity isn't learning to code—it's accepting that those "full-stack developer in 3 months" bootcamp ads were lying to you. Backend alone could take years to truly master, and that's before you even touch DevOps, security, or the seventeen different ways to structure your project folders.

The Modern Tech Job Listing: Seeking Entire IT Department In Human Form

Programming Devops React Git Kubernetes

2 months ago 462.2K views 2 shares

The Modern Tech Job Listing: Seeking Entire IT Department In Human Form

OH. MY. GOD. The absolute AUDACITY of these job listings! 💀 What started as a joke is now the HORRIFYING REALITY of tech recruiting. They're not looking for a "full stack developer" - they're demanding a supernatural being who can single-handedly replace an ENTIRE IT DEPARTMENT while probably offering "competitive salary" (translation: barely above minimum wage). Next they'll require you to build a time machine so you can work 48 hours in a 24-hour day! And don't forget the "5+ years experience" in technologies that have existed for 2 years! The modern tech job market is basically just corporate execs screaming "DANCE, MONKEY, DANCE!" while throwing peanuts at desperate developers.

When Backend Developers Try To CSS

Backend Webdev Programming Debugging Frontend

3 months ago 205.4K views 1 shares

The eternal irony of backend developers trying to write CSS! This poor soul is literally measuring pixels on their screen with their fingers because they have no idea how to make that div align properly. It's like watching a quantum physicist trying to assemble IKEA furniture with their eyes closed. No amount of database optimization skills will help you center that div, my friend! The compiler won't save you here—only prayer and Stack Overflow can help now.

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