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Engineer Say No More

22 days ago 62.6M views 0 shares

The classic trap. Someone hears you're an engineer and suddenly you're expected to fix everything from their printer to their dishwasher to their entire life. Newsflash: being a software engineer means I can debug your code, not your refrigerator's compressor. I write if statements, not repair manuals. The confusion comes from people thinking "engineer" is a universal fix-it person. Like, sure, I could Google what's wrong with your fridge, but so could you. That's literally my entire job anyway—Googling things and pretending I knew the answer all along. Pro tip: Next time just tell people you're a "code monkey" or "professional button clicker." Saves you from becoming the family IT support and appliance repair service.

Api Pick Up The Call

Backend Webdev Programming Frontend

2 months ago 4.4M views 2 shares

Day 1 vibes hit different. Someone just asked an AI chatbot how to "call" an API when they don't have a phone number. The beautiful confusion between making an HTTP request and literally dialing a phone number is chef's kiss. They took "API call" way too literally—like they're expecting to pull out their iPhone and dial 1-800-REST-API. Fun fact: The term "API call" is actually a metaphor from the days when programs would "call" subroutines, like calling someone's name to get their attention. But in HTTP land, you're just sending requests to endpoints, not booking a Zoom meeting with your backend. No phone number, no SIM card, just good old URLs and HTTP methods. The "night owl" greeting confirms they're coding at ungodly hours, which tracks for someone just starting their programming journey. Give it a week and they'll be debugging CORS errors at 3 AM like the rest of us.

The Terminal Will Instantly Transform You Into A Cyber Criminal

Linux Bash Programming Security

1 year ago 646.8K views 0 shares

The Terminal Will Instantly Transform You Into A Cyber Criminal

THE ABSOLUTE TRAGEDY of being a developer in the wild! 😭 Open a terminal to check something innocent like disk space, and suddenly you're the digital antichrist! The black screen with colorful text might as well be a summoning circle for panic. There you are, DESPERATELY pleading your innocence while Karen from accounting is already dialing the FBI. Meanwhile, the crowd has formed a pitchfork committee and declared you the harbinger of identity theft. Just trying to do your job, but now you're basically the villain in every early 2000s hacker movie!

Terminal Of Mass Destruction

Linux Bash Programming Security

1 year ago 659.8K views 1 shares

Nothing says "I'm definitely a hacker" like opening a terminal with its black background and colorful text in public. I've stopped using terminals at coffee shops because I'm tired of explaining that I'm just checking why my API is returning 500 errors, not launching nukes at North Korea. The best part is when you type ls -la and someone gasps like you just bypassed the Pentagon's firewall. Ten years of software architecture experience and my family still thinks I can fix their Facebook account because "you know computers."

Can You Hack

Programming Security

1 year ago 253.2K views 0 shares

Every developer has that one friend who thinks "can code" equals "can hack the Pentagon." The moment you mention you work with computers, they immediately assume you're some kind of digital sorcerer who can break into their ex's Instagram. What they don't understand is that most of us spend our days fighting with merge conflicts and Googling how to center a div for the 500th time. Hacking? I can barely get my code to compile before the standup meeting.

No I Can't Hack Your Facebook

Security Programming

1 year ago 364.2K views 1 shares

When you tell someone you're a "hacker" and they immediately assume you're a criminal who can break into any account... The frustration is so real it requires lethal force! This is basically the cybersecurity equivalent of telling someone you're a doctor and them immediately asking you to look at their weird rash in the middle of a dinner party. The absolute disconnect between actual security professionals (who spend their days writing documentation and staring at logs) versus the Hollywood "I can hack the Pentagon with three keystrokes" fantasy never gets old.

HTML: The Silent Epidemic

Frontend Webdev Programming

1 year ago 271.9K views 0 shares

Well, that explains why my doctor keeps asking if I've been "exposed to HTML" during checkups. And here I thought my code was just dirty because of poor indentation. The real kicker? These are the same people who'll confidently tell you they "know computers" before asking you to fix their printer. This is why we can't have nice things in tech - 10% of the population thinks we're spreading disease by writing <div> tags. Next time someone asks what I do for a living, I'm just going to say "I work at McDonald's." Safer that way.

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The Hacker Request That Causes Visible Shaking

Security Programming

1 year ago 242.2K views 0 shares

The Hacker Request That Causes Visible Shaking

Nothing triggers a programmer's fight-or-flight response quite like someone casually asking "Can you hack someone?" as if we're all secretly cyber criminals with a side hustle in identity theft. The visible shaking isn't from caffeine overdose this time—it's the pure existential dread of explaining for the 500th time that writing a React component and breaking into the Pentagon are slightly different skill sets. Next time someone asks, just reply "Yes, but only on Tuesdays when Mercury is in retrograde and my RGB keyboard is set to purple." Works every time.

Base64 Is Not Encryption

Security Programming Debugging

1 year ago 421.7K views 1 shares

Every junior dev thinks they've invented encryption when they discover Base64. The number of times I've had to explain that encoding ≠ encryption is probably why my hair's thinning. Base64 is just fancy dress for your data – anyone can undress it with zero effort. It's like hiding your house key under the doormat and calling it a security system. And the response is always the same: "Fine! I'll just use Base128 then!" Sure buddy, throw more digits at the problem. That'll fix it. Just like how writing your password in bigger letters makes it more secure.

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