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What? I Pressed The Key...
Gamedev Programming Debugging Testing
11 days ago 191.7K views 0 shares
What? I Pressed The Key...
Instructions say "press any key" and your brain immediately goes to the nuclear option. The power button is technically a key, right? Just a really consequential one that ends your session in the most dramatic way possible. Game developers write "press any key" thinking you'll hit spacebar or enter like a normal person. Instead, you're out here treating it like a multiple choice question where all answers are correct, including the one that shuts down the entire system. Classic case of taking requirements too literally—a skill every developer knows intimately from dealing with QA reports and user feedback. The blinking confusion afterwards is just *chef's kiss*. "But... I followed the instructions?"

When Your Solution Is Technically Correct But Socially Wrong
Windows Programming
2 months ago 168.8K views 0 shares
When Your Solution Is Technically Correct But Socially Wrong
You know you're dealing with a programmer when someone suggests "install windows" as a solution to overheating and they get YEETED out the window faster than a rejected pull request. Everyone else is playing it safe with "air conditioners" and "fans" like reasonable human beings, but this absolute legend went full literal-interpretation mode. The office is hot? Just install some WINDOWS. You know, those glass things in walls that let air in? Revolutionary thinking, really. The boss's face says it all: "I asked for practical solutions, not dad jokes from a systems administrator." But hey, the solution WOULD work. It's just that nobody appreciates genius when it involves defenestration and a complete misunderstanding of context. Classic programmer move: solving the wrong problem with perfect logic.