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How I Fix Stuff Working In IT

9 days ago 151.1K views 0 shares

Ah, the sacred trinity of IT problem-solving! The blue section is practically my résumé: "Have you tried turning it off and on again?" — works 60% of the time, every time. Then there's the red slice of desperation: frantically Googling error messages while pretending you totally knew what "ERR_SOCKET_NOT_CONNECTED" meant all along. But my personal favorite is the green slice — that magical moment when you walk up to a user's desk and suddenly everything works perfectly. They look at you like you're some kind of tech wizard, while you're just standing there thinking, "I literally did nothing." The IT placebo effect is the closest thing to actual sorcery in our profession.

The Laptop That Screams "Don't Kill Me!"

Devops Networking Security Linux Backend

14 days ago 124.6K views 0 shares

The Laptop That Screams "Don't Kill Me!"

THE DRAMA OF SERVER LIFE! 😱 This laptop is literally BEGGING for its life with a note that screams "I'M A SERVER" in what can only be described as the most passive-aggressive plea in tech history. That poor machine is probably running some mission-critical application while Susan from accounting keeps trying to "fix it" by turning it off. HONEY, THAT'S NOT A FACEBOOK MACHINE! That's the reason the entire company can access their files! The absolute AUDACITY of people treating servers like regular laptops! Next time your IT person looks dead inside, this is why. They've taped one too many desperate notes to improvised server hardware.

Flush Mounted Engineering

Hardware

1 month ago 103.5K views 0 shares

When you've been in IT long enough, you start appreciating the finer things in life—like a USB receiver hammered so flush into the port that it's now a permanent hardware feature. Sure, you could use the little eject button they provide, but where's the primal satisfaction in that? Nothing says "senior developer" like hardware modifications that would make the warranty department cry. The best part? When someone asks for help removing it, you get to say "Have you tried turning it off and on again?" with a straight face while secretly knowing it's never coming out.

The Sacred Trinity Of IT Problem Solving

Debugging Networking Windows Programming Linux

1 month ago 130.4K views 0 shares

The Sacred Trinity Of IT Problem Solving

Oh, the GLORIOUS life of an IT professional! A pie chart revealing our deepest, darkest secret: 70% of our "technical wizardry" is just frantically hitting the restart button and praying to the silicon gods. Another 20%? Desperately Googling error messages while maintaining a face that says "I've seen this before." And that magical 10% - the "IT placebo effect" - where problems MIRACULOUSLY solve themselves the moment you grace the room with your presence. Users look at you like you're some kind of digital messiah when in reality you just stood there and EXISTED. The audacity of technology to make us look competent!

How I Fix Stuff Working In IT

Debugging Programming StackOverflow

2 months ago 91.8K views 0 shares

After 15 years in tech, I can confirm this pie chart is scientifically accurate. The blue slice representing "restart whatever isn't working" is basically our industry's version of percussive maintenance. That "IT placebo effect" is real too—walk into a room and suddenly the printer that's been jamming for 3 days works flawlessly. Users look at you like you're a wizard, but really you just interrupted whatever cosmic force was enjoying their suffering. And let's be honest, that quick Google search is just us typing "why the hell is [software] doing [weird thing]" and hoping someone on Stack Overflow had the same existential crisis.

When Your Tech Brain Hijacks Reality

Hardware Windows

4 months ago 135.2K views 0 shares

Someone saw a building with "BIOS" lit up in the windows and immediately thought it was a gathering of hardcore IT professionals, only to realize it's just a New Year's decoration that reads "2018" backward. The classic case of tech brain taking over your perception of reality. When you've spent so many hours tweaking boot settings that you start seeing BIOS everywhere—even in innocent holiday decorations. The digital equivalent of seeing faces in electrical outlets.

I Am Caught Now

Networking Security Linux

5 months ago 146.2K views 0 shares

Just another day in network troubleshooting. Forget fancy tools—all you need is to yell IP addresses into the void. The IT person immediately responds with their subnet mask, like a Pavlovian response to hearing numbers in that format. Can't help it. It's hardwired into our brains after years of config files and ping tests. The knife is just for dramatic effect... or maybe cable management.

Forced Shutdown

Programming Hardware Microsoft Windows Linux

5 months ago 192.3K views 5 shares

The duality of forced shutdowns! Physically, it's just a simple power button press. Emotionally? You're basically Boromir dying in Aragorn's arms after slaying your unsaved work and 47 browser tabs. That moment when you hold down the power button feels like executing Order 66 on your digital empire. "I'm sorry little one, but these 8 hours of compiling must die because Windows Update decided today was the day." The ultimate digital mercy killing that somehow feels like a war crime.

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AI Webdev Devops Programming Cloud

5 months ago 199.5K views 0 shares

This meme perfectly captures the duality of AI usage in tech. At the top, we see "normal people" using ChatGPT for sensible things like getting help with writing or homework. Meanwhile, the bottom panel reveals the true essence of tech culture: sleep-deprived IT professionals at 3 AM forcing multiple AI models to do manual labor in a cotton field. Because nothing says "I'm a programmer" quite like staying up until ungodly hours to make AI tools do increasingly bizarre and questionable tasks instead of, you know, sleeping like a functional human being. The desperate creativity that emerges at 3 AM is a universal programmer experience that no amount of caffeine can explain.

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