Legacy-systems Memes

Uint Should Be Fine Boss

2 days ago 130.7K views 0 shares

When your integer overflow hits just right 👌 This poor bank account is experiencing the digital equivalent of Schrödinger's wealth - simultaneously broke and richer than entire nations. That comically long number is what happens when an unsigned integer (uint) overflows its maximum value and wraps around. Some developer clearly thought "who needs more than 32 or 64 bits for a bank balance?" and now this guy's inheritance looks like the national debt of a small planet. The income tax department froze the account because even their systems are like "nope, that's definitely a bug, not a feature."

Multigenerational Tech Debt

Programming Debugging Backend

6 days ago 81.4K views 0 shares

The true family business - legacy COBOL code! Someone's friend just inherited a codebase last touched by mom in the 90s, while the reply cleverly points out this isn't the kind of inheritance pattern they teach in CS class. Nothing says job security like maintaining 30-year-old code written by your actual parent. The family that codes together, stays locked in maintenance hell together. If your resume says "COBOL" in 2023, banks are already throwing money at you while sobbing uncontrollably.

Why Is Perforce Still Used In The Games Industry?

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20 days ago 116.1K views 0 shares

Why Is Perforce Still Used In The Games Industry?

The eternal struggle of game developers everywhere: trying to spot the difference between CRLF and LF line endings while Perforce gleefully ignores them as "identical" during merges. Nothing like spending 3 hours debugging why your build is failing only to discover it's because Windows and Unix decided to have a philosophical debate about how lines should end. And yet somehow, this prehistoric version control system that can't tell the difference between line endings is still the industry standard. Legacy code and "but we've always done it this way" strikes again!

Ok Sure But With Additional Steps

Programming Hardware C++ Algorithms Debugging

21 days ago 140.5K views 0 shares

The compiler's solution to fitting a 64-bit number into a 32-bit processor? Just use two chairs. Pure elegance. This is basically how your compiler handles it - splitting that chunky 64-bit integer into two 32-bit pieces and hoping nobody asks questions about the implementation details. The overhead is minimal, just like those flimsy plastic chairs. And yes, this is exactly why your code sometimes runs slower than expected on older hardware. Your compiler is just sitting there, awkwardly balancing on two chairs, pretending everything is fine.

It's 2025: Microsoft's Terrifying GitHub Request

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28 days ago 149.5K views 0 shares

It's 2025: Microsoft's Terrifying GitHub Request

The year is 2025. Microsoft has fully absorbed GitHub, and the dystopian nightmare begins. GitHub users cower in fear as Microsoft whispers "Come closer..." only to drop the bombshell: "I NEED YOU TO ADD IPV6 SUPPORT TO GITHUB." It's the ultimate plot twist! After all the fears of Microsoft injecting telemetry, ads, or subscription tiers into GitHub, they're just desperately trying to drag their acquisition into modern networking standards. Still running on legacy IPv4 in 2025? That's the real horror story! The internet ran out of IPv4 addresses years ago, but GitHub's still clinging to them like SpongeBob to his spatula.

We Can Call It Recommended Requirement

Linux Hardware Windows Programming

1 month ago 153.6K views 0 shares

Linux users flexing how their OS can run on literally anything with a circuit board. That rusty box with exposed wires from 1997? Perfect daily driver. Meanwhile, Windows users are checking if their $3000 gaming rig meets the minimum specs for the latest update.

I Won't Let You Go

Windows Hardware Microsoft Programming

1 month ago 156.8K views 0 shares

That ancient Windows 98 laptop begging for sweet release while its buff owner refuses to let go is the perfect metaphor for corporate IT. Somewhere, right now, a critical banking system is running on this exact machine because "it still works fine" and "upgrading might break something." The same people who rush to buy the latest smartphone are forcing this poor machine to run another day. It's not vintage—it's technological torture.

I Love Binary

Programming Hardware Algorithms

1 month ago 173.8K views 0 shares

Ah yes, the prehistoric era of computing. Before 1956, programmers were just cavemen banging on two keys: 0 and 1. Need to compile your code? Just smash ENTER. Need a variable? That's what SPACE is for. Who needs fancy high-level languages when you can communicate directly with the machine using only existential dread and finger calluses? The most efficient debugging technique was just repeatedly hitting your head on the keyboard until something worked.

It's Time To Say Goodbye To My Mousepad

Networking Security Devops Programming Linux

1 month ago 221.4K views 0 shares

That torn piece of paper with handwritten IP addresses and login credentials is the true legacy system of every IT department. When your entire infrastructure depends on that one scrap that's been through coffee spills, desk moves, and now mouse erosion. The paper has reached its EOL before the systems it documents! The final stage of DevOps maturity: replacing your paper mousepad with actual documentation before it physically disintegrates beneath your RGB gaming mouse.

Integer Overflow: The Time Bomb Ticks

Programming Security Linux Debugging

2 months ago 97.0K views 0 shares

Oh look, it's the 2038 problem in action! When you store time as a signed 32-bit integer, you're basically giving your system an expiration date of January 19, 2038. After that? Total digital apocalypse. The poor guy is staring at a calendar showing both December 1901 and January 2038 because his phone just time-traveled to the edges of its numerical universe. When that integer counter maxes out, systems will wrap around to negative numbers—hello 1901, goodbye sanity! Somewhere, a COBOL programmer is muttering "Y2K was just a practice round."

When Microsoft Dynamics Cures Your Imposter Syndrome

Microsoft Programming

2 months ago 87.0K views 0 shares

When Microsoft Dynamics Cures Your Imposter Syndrome

A developer's journey through self-loathing: "I hate myself" while coding... until Microsoft Dynamics 365 enters the chat. Suddenly there's a new champion of misery that makes their own code look like a masterpiece. Nothing unites developers quite like shared hatred for enterprise software that somehow manages to be both bloated AND missing critical features. The real therapy was the CRM we were forced to use along the way.

The Great Editor War: DOS User Has Entered The Chat

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2 months ago 161.8K views 0 shares

The Great Editor War: DOS User Has Entered The Chat

The GREAT EDITOR WAR rages on with Vim and Emacs users acting like they're in some kind of text editor street gang, flashing their keyboard shortcuts like gang signs! Meanwhile, the DOS_USER at the bottom is just standing there, absolutely BAFFLED that people would wage holy war over text editors when they're still typing commands like "edit.com" in a command prompt from the STONE AGE! 💀 It's like watching two people argue about the best way to climb Mount Everest while you're still figuring out how stairs work. THE DRAMA! THE TRAGEDY! The sheer AUDACITY of still using DOS in 2023!

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