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This Made Me Overthink
Git Linux Programming Hardware Devops
1 day ago 47.6M views 0 shares
This Made Me Overthink
Linus Torvalds literally built the two most fundamental tools that power modern software development—Git and the Linux kernel—and apparently does it from what looks like a minimalist standing desk setup that screams "function over form." Meanwhile, your average developer needs a triple-monitor battlestation with RGB everything, studio lighting, and a gaming chair that costs more than their first car just to push code to a GitHub repo. The irony is chef's kiss . The guy who created the version control system we all worship daily doesn't need a NASA command center to work—but we sure as hell think we do. It's the ultimate humbling moment: realizing that raw genius and world-changing contributions don't require a $10K setup. They just require... well, being Linus Torvalds. The rest of us are just compensating with RGB fans.

Please Grant Me Admin Permissions
Git Microsoft Security Programming
5 months ago 1.0M views 0 shares
Please Grant Me Admin Permissions
Someone really walked into the Microsoft GitHub organization, asked for admin permissions, and got absolutely HUMBLED into accepting write permissions instead. The title change from "Request for Admin Permissions" to "Request for Write Permissions" is the digital equivalent of asking your parents for a Ferrari and getting a bicycle. The sheer audacity of joining an org and immediately requesting the keys to the kingdom is honestly iconic. Microsoft was like "sweetie, you can publish packages, but you're NOT getting sudo access to our entire codebase." Know your place, young padawan. Start with write, maybe in 5-10 years we'll talk about admin. Maybe.

A Random Tech Bro
Git Linux Programming Hardware
10 months ago 661.3K views 3 shares
A Random Tech Bro
Linus Torvalds, the guy who actually revolutionized computing with Linux and Git, works from what looks like a normal person's home office with a standing desk and basic setup. Meanwhile, your average tech bro needs a triple-monitor RGB-infested battlestation with studio lighting and a gaming chair that costs more than Linus's entire desk just to push commits to a React tutorial repo. The contrast is *chef's kiss*. One guy literally changed how the world writes software and runs servers. The other makes TikToks about his "coding setup" and hasn't merged a PR in weeks. Priorities, right?

Working On A Raycasting Engine
Gamedev Algorithms Math Programming C++
10 months ago 708.5K views 1 shares
Working On A Raycasting Engine
So you spent three weeks learning trigonometry, diving into DDA algorithms, and debugging why your walls look like a Salvador Dalí painting, only to realize John Carmack did this in 1992 on hardware that had less computing power than your smart toaster. And he did it while probably eating pizza and writing assembly like it was a casual Tuesday. The "box of triangles" bit hits different when you realize modern game engines abstract all this pain away with their fancy rendering pipelines, but back then? Carmack was literally casting rays and doing trigonometric calculations per pixel to fake 3D in Wolfenstein 3D. No GPU acceleration, no Unity, no "just import Three.js"—just raw math and the will to make demons shootable. Meanwhile, you're here in 2024 with Stack Overflow, ChatGPT, and 64GB of RAM, still struggling to get your raycaster to not crash when you look at a corner. Humbling stuff.