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Who Doesn't Use Debug.Log("Asdfasdf")
Debugging Gamedev Unity Programming Testing
7 days ago 61.6K views 0 shares
Who Doesn't Use Debug.Log("Asdfasdf")
Ah yes, the pinnacle of debugging sophistication. Why spend 20 minutes configuring breakpoints and stepping through code when you can just pepper your codebase with Debug.Log("asdfasdf") and watch the console like it's reality TV? Sure, your senior developer might judge you for not using "proper" debugging techniques, but nothing beats the raw efficiency of keyboard-mashing a string that stands out in the log. If it works, it works. And let's be honest, we all know which line hit when we see "asdfasdf" scroll by.

The Rube Goldberg Server Reboot Machine
Hardware Networking Devops Linux
13 days ago 77.4K views 0 shares
The Rube Goldberg Server Reboot Machine
SWEET MOTHER OF RUBE GOLDBERG! This is what happens when desperation meets ingenuity and they have an unholy child! Some poor soul created a PHYSICAL SERVER REBOOT MACHINE using a CD tray as a mechanical finger to poke the reset button! 😱 Imagine explaining this to your boss: "Yes, our mission-critical infrastructure relies on an ancient PC with a CD drive that acts like a digital defibrillator whenever the server flatlines." The beautiful disaster of it all is that IT ACTUALLY WORKED! This is the programming equivalent of fixing your car with duct tape and a paper clip. Pure chaos magic that somehow passes as a "solution." The blurry line between genius and insanity isn't a line at all—it's this entire contraption!

But It Does Run
Debugging Programming StackOverflow Testing
15 days ago 64.7K views 0 shares
But It Does Run
The eternal battle between code quality and functionality in one perfect Pirates of the Caribbean moment. Naval officer says your code is garbage, but Jack Sparrow hits back with the only metric that truly matters in crunch time - "but it does run." It's the digital equivalent of duct-taping a critical system together five minutes before the demo. Sure, it might be held together by Stack Overflow snippets and prayers, but if it compiles and doesn't immediately crash, that's practically a five-star review in desperate times.

The Flex Tape School Of Debugging
Debugging Javascript Programming
17 days ago 71.5K views 0 shares
The Flex Tape School Of Debugging
The eternal dance between developers and their bugs, captured in Flex Tape commercial format. The top shows a developer (labeled "ME") excitedly approaching an "ERROR IN CODE" that's gushing out like a leak. The bottom panel reveals the developer's sophisticated debugging solution: slapping two closing parentheses ")" on it and calling it a day. Because nothing fixes syntax errors like desperately adding random closing brackets until the compiler stops screaming at you. Who needs proper debugging when you can just play "Guess Which Parenthesis Is Missing" for three hours straight?

The Main Thing Is That It Works
Programming Debugging Testing
17 days ago 74.1K views 0 shares
The Main Thing Is That It Works
When your code is held together by a cascade of else if statements that somehow manage to keep the entire structure from collapsing. Sure, it's a nightmare to maintain, and any slight change might bring the whole thing crashing down, but hey—it passed QA! This is basically the architectural equivalent of saying "I'll fix it in production" while crossing your fingers behind your back. The building inspector would definitely give this code a 418: I'm a teapot, because this logic shouldn't be serving anything.

The Print Statement Savior
Debugging Programming Python
20 days ago 111.5K views 0 shares
The Print Statement Savior
Homer standing proudly in his underwear is the perfect embodiment of that junior dev who just fixed a complex bug with... wait for it... a series of print statements. The dots between "I have solved the" and "problem" represent the trail of desperate debug prints that somehow led to enlightenment. It's the coding equivalent of finding your car keys after tearing apart your entire house. Sure, proper debugging tools exist, but why use those when you can litter your code with print("here1") , print("here2") , and the ever-informative print("WHY GOD WHY") ?

Why Use SDK When Curl Do Job
Programming Webdev Networking Javascript Debugging
1 month ago 87.0K views 0 shares
Why Use SDK When Curl Do Job
When that API integration is due in 20 minutes, who has time to read docs? Just crack open the Network tab, copy that curl command, and hack it into your codebase. Sure, the SDK has error handling, type safety, and won't break when the API changes... but that's a problem for Future You. Nothing says "technical debt speedrun" like reverse-engineering API calls while your PM thinks you're "implementing the proper solution."

The Final Part
Programming Devops Debugging Testing
1 month ago 71.4K views 0 shares
The Final Part
That proud moment when you're showing off your janky code that somehow passes all the tests despite being held together with duct tape and prayers. "It ain't much and it doesn't work" is basically the unofficial motto of every production codebase I've ever maintained. The farmer's honest simplicity perfectly captures that mix of shame and weird pride when you know your solution is terrible but hey—it shipped on time!

Can Someone Approve My 2000 Files Changed Pull Request
Programming Devops Agile Git Debugging
1 month ago 85.7K views 0 shares
Can Someone Approve My 2000 Files Changed Pull Request
That moment when you're faced with the eternal developer dilemma: spend an entire day making the codebase better or just slap together some hacky solution that'll come back to haunt you in six months. The hand reaching for that "minimum effort hack" button is all of us at 4:55pm on a Friday. Sure, you could refactor everything properly, but then your PR would be 2000 files and nobody wants to review that monstrosity anyway. Technical debt? That's a problem for Future You. And Future You hates Current You for a reason.

But It Does Run
Programming Debugging Testing Backend
1 month ago 59.3K views 0 shares
But It Does Run
The eternal battle between code quality and functionality in its purest form! The senior developer (naval officer) is appalled by your spaghetti code abomination, but the junior dev (Jack Sparrow) has the ultimate comeback—it might be held together with duct tape and prayers, but dammit, it compiles and runs in production! Every programmer knows that feeling when you've hacked together a solution that makes seasoned engineers question their career choices, but somehow passes all the tests. The compiler doesn't judge your methods, only your syntax!

Hanging By A Thread But Still Working
Programming Devops Debugging Testing
1 month ago 106.5K views 0 shares
Hanging By A Thread But Still Working
OH. MY. GOD. That traffic light is LITERALLY my codebase right now! Hanging by a thread, defying all laws of software engineering, yet somehow still signaling "STOP" like a boss! 💅 The absolute AUDACITY of that red light to keep functioning when it should have crashed and burned ages ago. It's giving "I wrote this at 3 AM fueled by energy drinks and spite" energy and I am LIVING for it! We've all been there - your code is held together with digital duct tape and prayers, but somehow it passes all the tests. Ship it, honey! If it works, DON'T TOUCH IT!

The Proper Solution
Javascript Webdev Programming StackOverflow Debugging
1 month ago 85.3K views 0 shares
The Proper Solution
Ah, the classic "fix" that would make security engineers have a collective aneurysm! Instead of updating code to use the recommended Object.assign() method, this genius just downgraded their Node version to make the deprecation warning disappear. It's like fixing a check engine light by removing the bulb. Problem solved... technically? The six people who thumbs-upped this solution are probably the same folks who "fix" memory leaks by rebooting their server every night.