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Meetings Are Forever

5 days ago 148.2K views 0 shares

So we were promised AI would automate all the boring stuff and free us up to do actual work. Instead, we got more meetings—just now they're about AI. Strategy sessions, adoption roadmaps, governance committees, ethical frameworks... it's meetings all the way down. The cruel irony is that AI was supposed to be our savior from calendar hell, but management heard "AI" and immediately scheduled 6 recurring syncs to discuss it. You're not coding anymore—you're explaining to stakeholders why ChatGPT can't just "fix the legacy codebase" while your actual sprint work collects dust. The revolution will not be automated. It will be scheduled for 2pm on Thursday with optional attendance.

When Going To Production

Devops Agile Programming Testing Backend

9 days ago 192.7K views 0 shares

Oh look, it's just a casual Friday deployment with the ENTIRE COMPANY breathing down your neck like you're defusing a nuclear bomb! Nothing says "low-pressure environment" quite like having QA, the PM, the Client, Sales, AND the CEO all hovering behind you while you're trying to push to prod. The developer is sitting there like they're launching missiles instead of merging a branch, sweating bullets while everyone watches their every keystroke. One typo and it's game over for everyone's weekend plans. The tension is so thick you could cut it with a poorly written SQL query. Pro tip: next time just deploy at 3 AM when nobody's watching like a normal person!

Boss We're Upgrading Now

Programming Typescript Debugging Backend

11 days ago 263.3K views 0 shares

Nothing says "modern software development" quite like being held hostage by a codebase that's older than your career. The error message demanding version 14.0 or greater is the cherry on top—because apparently your company's legacy project is still running on a language version from when flip phones were cool. Meanwhile, management keeps asking why the new features are taking so long. Maybe because we're trying to build a rocket ship with stone tools? The best part is knowing that even if you DO upgrade, you'll spend the next three months fixing breaking changes and dealing with dependencies that haven't been maintained since the Obama administration.

Nips Nips

Linux Programming Backend

14 days ago 137.8K views 0 shares

The classic Dilbert-style miscommunication between management and tech. Boss wants "eunuch programmers" (which... let's not unpack that workplace HR nightmare), but Dilbert correctly interprets this as needing Unix developers. The guy already knows Unix, perfect fit! But then the punchline hits: if the company nurse swings by, he's supposed to say "never mind" about the whole eunuch thing. The joke plays on the phonetic similarity between "eunuch" (a castrated male) and "Unix" (the legendary operating system that spawned Linux, macOS, and basically everything that isn't Windows). It's a brilliant commentary on how non-technical managers butcher tech terminology while also creating the most uncomfortable job requirement imaginable. The nurse reference seals the deal—implying the boss was about to make this VERY literal before realizing his mistake. Fun fact: Unix was created at Bell Labs in 1969, and its name was actually a pun on "Multics" (an earlier operating system). So Unix itself started as wordplay, making this meme extra meta.

The Best Way To Improve Productivity

AI Agile Programming

16 days ago 185.6K views 0 shares

Management really thought they had a galaxy brain moment forcing devs to use AI tools. "Let's make them more productive by having ChatGPT write their code!" they said. Devs were like "yeah sure whatever" and went back to sleep. Plot twist: turns out AI is actually pretty good at generating status reports, attending meetings, writing performance reviews, and crafting those passive-aggressive Slack messages that middle management specializes in. Suddenly everyone's awake because the productivity "improvement" is about to hit a bit different than expected. The irony is chef's kiss – companies trying to automate the workers ended up creating a tool that's better at automating the people who made that decision. Maybe that's the real productivity boost we needed all along.

Ability To Make Critical Decisions Quickly

Testing Agile Programming

18 days ago 230.8K views 0 shares

Ability To Make Critical Decisions Quickly

Developer presents a straightforward test case for calculating the area of a square. Management immediately pivots to TDD philosophy and decides they're actually in the circle business instead. Nothing says "agile decision-making" quite like rejecting a perfectly reasonable test case because your product suddenly doesn't align with the geometric shape you're testing. The presenter is explaining basic unit testing while the executives are having an existential crisis about whether they make software for circles or squares. The real kicker? They're so confident about this completely irrelevant distinction that they're making critical architectural decisions based on... shapes. Tomorrow they'll probably pivot to triangles after the morning standup.

Just Put The Fries In The Bag

Programming Agile Testing

19 days ago 167.2K views 1 shares

You've got the overeager junior dev trying to impress management with massive features, the manager eating it up like it's the next unicorn startup, and the senior dev slowly drowning in existential dread knowing they'll be the one debugging this mess at 2 AM. Meanwhile, underwater where nobody's watching, some software architect is passionately explaining why their elaborate unit test framework is the answer to world peace. Nobody asked, nobody's listening, but they're down there living their best life anyway. The title says it all: sometimes you just want people to do the simple thing instead of overcomplicating everything. But here we are, building enterprise-grade solutions for problems that don't exist while the actual codebase is held together with duct tape and prayer.

Golden Handcuffs

Gamedev Webdev Unity Programming Frontend

22 days ago 257.5K views 0 shares

The classic trajectory of selling your soul for a decent salary. You start with dreams of building the next indie hit, spend years learning game development, then reality hits and you need to eat. So you pivot to web dev because, well, those FAANG salaries don't grow on trees. Fast forward a few years and boom—you're now a senior architect making bank, attending meetings about meetings, reviewing PRs, and writing documentation. The only code you touch is approving merge conflicts. The golden handcuffs have locked: you're too well-compensated to leave, but you haven't opened your IDE in months. Your game dev dreams? They're now a dusty Unity project folder labeled "someday.zip".

He Took The Focus Away From Me

Programming Agile

29 days ago 142.6K views 0 shares

You know that moment when management decides to "trim the fat" and axes the one person who seemed to do absolutely nothing? Suddenly you realize they were the lightning rod absorbing all the pointless meetings, answering the same Slack questions 47 times, and volunteering for every committee nobody wanted to be on. Now that they're gone, guess who's inheriting their role as the team's designated distraction sponge? Congrats on your promotion to "least productive" – enjoy fielding every "quick question" and "just circling back" message while your actual work rots in your TODO list.

Sharing The Spotlight Generously

Programming Agile

1 month ago 136.3K views 0 shares

Picture this: a massive successful project launch, and everyone's gathered around the giant fish of achievement for the photo op. The CEO, QA, and Project Manager are all smiles, hands proudly on the catch, basking in that sweet, sweet glory. Meanwhile, the developer is standing in the corner like a forgotten houseplant, watching the credit parade march on without them. Because naturally, when the app actually WORKS and makes the company millions, it's a team effort! But when there's a bug in production at 2 AM? Suddenly it's "Hey developer, YOUR code is broken." The irony is absolutely chef's kiss . Nothing says "we value our engineers" quite like taking all the credit while they stand there contemplating their career choices and whether that startup offering equity is still hiring.

Hungry For Copilot

AI Programming

1 month ago 261.6K views 0 shares

That desperate salesman energy when your company is trying to push yet another AI subscription on developers who just want to write code in peace. The corporate overlords really think we're all sitting here starving for AI autocomplete at $10-20/month. Sure, Copilot can be useful, but watching management present it like it's the second coming of Linus Torvalds while you're just trying to fix a bug is peak corporate comedy. Nothing says "we understand developers" quite like a suit enthusiastically pitching tools to people who've been perfectly capable of Googling Stack Overflow for decades.

They Just A Mob Of Slop