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Let's Just Throw Money At It
AI Programming
17 days ago 188.0K views 0 shares
Let's Just Throw Money At It
Oh look, it's the classic government approach to AI problems! Got a burning dumpster fire of technical debt and legacy systems? Just hose it down with taxpayer money and hope the flames turn into innovation! The two officials here are literally shoveling cash at what appears to be a raging inferno labeled "AI" like that's somehow going to magically solve everything. Because nothing says "well-thought-out technology strategy" quite like panic-funding without understanding the actual problem. Spoiler alert: throwing money at AI without proper infrastructure, talent, or strategy is like trying to water a plant with gasoline. Sure, you're giving it *something*, but you're probably just making the fire worse. But hey, at least the budget report will look impressive!

Please Take All My Money Microsoft
Microsoft Gamedev
2 months ago 189.9K views 1 shares
Please Take All My Money Microsoft
The Xbox acquisition spree in a nutshell! Microsoft sees developers drowning in cash problems and swoops in like a corporate superhero with acquisition offers. "Got money troubles? We can fix that!" Meanwhile, their wallet is open wider than their Windows update notifications. The gaming industry's sugar daddy keeps collecting studios like I collect unfinished side projects. Next thing you know, they'll own the rights to your childhood memories and charge a subscription fee.

Wait, You Pay Full Price For Software?
Gamedev Programming
2 months ago 152.6K views 0 shares
Wait, You Pay Full Price For Software?
The same energy as waiting for framework updates instead of using the stable version that works perfectly fine. My Steam library has 200+ games I've never installed because they were 90% off. What's another $4.99 for a game I'll "definitely play someday"? Meanwhile my IDE license renewal at full price? Absolute highway robbery.

True Wealth
Testing Webdev Programming Debugging Frontend
4 months ago 205.4K views 0 shares
True Wealth
Using a real card for Stripe testing is like burning money to stay warm. The true flex isn't having a black Amex—it's knowing about Stripe's test card numbers like 4242 4242 4242 4242. Some developers just want to watch their bank account burn.

Game Prices In 2025 Be Like
Gamedev Unity Programming
7 months ago 224.6K views 0 shares
Game Prices In 2025 Be Like
The same energy as watching a dependency update from version 2.1.4 to 2.1.5 break your entire codebase. Game prices going from $60 to $80 in eight years has gamers squinting with suspicion, while software engineers are over here paying $200/month for SaaS tools that add one button to our UI. At least games are finished products... unlike that "MVP" you've been building for two years that still doesn't have error handling.

The Fourth Rule: No AWS
AWS Devops Programming Cloud
9 months ago 228.1K views 0 shares
The Fourth Rule: No AWS
The fastest way to burn through $100M? Just whisper "AWS" and watch your bank account evaporate. That SRE knew exactly what they were doing - nothing drains a budget faster than spinning up a few "right-sized" EC2 instances and forgetting about them for a weekend. The genie immediately adding a fourth rule is basically Amazon's business model in a nutshell. Honestly, at least gambling gives you a chance of winning something back.