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Deploying To Production Before Holiday Break: What Could Go Wrong
Devops Programming Linux Debugging
1 day ago 71.0K views 0 shares
Deploying To Production Before Holiday Break: What Could Go Wrong
Server racks don't respond to prayers, but that doesn't stop us from trying. Nothing says "confidence in your code" like a group of half-naked IT folks performing the ancient ritual of "Please Don't Crash During My Vacation." The physical manifestation of the phrase "it worked on my machine" right before everyone disappears for four days. Pro tip: servers can smell fear and holiday plans.

Byte-Sized Recognition
Programming Algorithms Math
10 days ago 65.3K views 0 shares
Byte-Sized Recognition
So September 13 is the 256th day of the year. Why 256? Because that's 2^8, the maximum number of distinct values you can represent with 8 bits (a byte). It's the perfect day for celebrating programmers—we get exactly one day of recognition before integer overflow kicks in. At least they didn't schedule it on day 0, when we'd all be arguing whether arrays start at 0 or 1 instead of celebrating.

SQL Clause Is Coming To Town
Networking Hardware Programming Databases
23 days ago 89.3K views 0 shares
SQL Clause Is Coming To Town
OMG, the IT department has LOST THEIR MINDS! They've stacked every network switch in the building into this absolute MONSTROSITY of a Christmas tree! The colorful ethernet cables are like garland, the star screensaver is the cherry on top, and the whole thing is one trip away from the most CATASTROPHIC network outage in history! Meanwhile, Santa's over here writing SQL queries to determine who's been naughty or nice. Honestly, this is what happens when you give network engineers holiday spirit and zero supervision. The database admin is probably having HEART PALPITATIONS right now!