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My API Is Overengineered
Security AI Javascript Programming Databases
16 days ago 155.8K views 0 shares
My API Is Overengineered
Behold, the pinnacle of security theater! First, let's expose our database directly through an API endpoint because REST is "too complex." Then, let's sprinkle in some AI validation using GPT to check if SQL queries are safe—because regular expressions and parameterized queries are just so last decade . Nothing says "I'm a 10x developer" quite like importing five different packages, exposing your database credentials in plaintext, and asking an AI if DROP TABLE users; seems fishy. The cherry on top? That 403 error when the AI says no—as if hackers will politely accept rejection and go home. SQL injection protection via AI prompt? Congratulations, you've invented a security vulnerability with a carbon footprint!

The JavaScript World Domination Tour
Javascript Webdev Programming Databases Frontend
22 days ago 191.0K views 0 shares
The JavaScript World Domination Tour
OMG, the absolute STATE of web development in 2023! 💀 JavaScript has literally CONQUERED THE ENTIRE STACK like some power-hungry dictator! Front-end? JavaScript. Back-end? ALSO JavaScript. Database? You'd think we'd draw the line somewhere, but NOPE - straight to JavaScript with MongoDB and its JSON documents! It's like watching JavaScript stage a hostile takeover while other languages stand by helplessly. The web development world has fallen, and JavaScript is wearing all the medals now! Next thing you know, your toaster will be running Node.js! THE HORROR!

Atwood's Law: The JavaScript Singularity
Javascript Webdev Programming Frontend Backend
24 days ago 157.9K views 0 shares
Atwood's Law: The JavaScript Singularity
Jeff Atwood's infamous prophecy that haunts backend developers' nightmares. What started as a joke in 2007 has become our reality - Electron apps, Node.js servers, and even freaking desktop operating systems running JavaScript. The language that was cobbled together in 10 days has somehow consumed everything in its path like some kind of unstoppable syntax blob. Resistance is futile. Your precious C++ application? Rewritten in JS. Your Java backend? Now it's Express. Your sanity? Long gone.

Just Stop Logging Bro
Javascript Programming Debugging Backend
28 days ago 113.2K views 0 shares
Just Stop Logging Bro
Behold the miracle optimization technique they don't teach you in CS classes! Turns out, the solution to Node.js performance issues isn't fancy algorithms or expensive hardware—it's just commenting out console.log() statements. That dramatic cliff in the graph is what happens when someone finally says "maybe we don't need to log every electron's quantum state change." The event loop went from suffocating under a blanket of logs to suddenly breathing freely—like removing a winter coat in a sauna. Next week's optimization tip: Try turning your computer on.

When Node.js Gets Undressed
Javascript Webdev Programming Frontend
1 month ago 196.0K views 1 shares
When Node.js Gets Undressed
When autocorrect betrays your job listing and turns "Node.js" into "Nude.js" 😂 Someone in HR is definitely getting fired today! The funniest part? They're still going to get 500+ applications because desperate frontend devs will work with literally ANY JavaScript framework at this point. "What's the tech stack?" "It's naked JavaScript. We strip away all the unnecessary packages."

When Your HTTP Server Hits The Gym
Rust Javascript Programming Backend
1 month ago 230.5K views 0 shares
When Your HTTP Server Hits The Gym
Regular Node.js HTTP server is the wimpy doge, while Rust-powered frameworks like Tokio and Hyper (used in Native Node Add-Ons) are the buff, muscular doge. The transformation happens "when you need raw throughput!" because Rust's memory safety without garbage collection gives you those sweet, sweet performance gains that make JavaScript developers cry into their async/await pillows at night. BrahmaJS is basically Node.js hitting the gym and getting those Rust steroids injected straight into its runtime.

Everyone Say Thanks To JavaScript
Javascript AI Webdev Programming Frontend
2 months ago 221.5K views 0 shares
Everyone Say Thanks To JavaScript
JavaScript: the caffeinated workhorse pouring itself into literally everything these days. Remember when we thought it was just for making annoying popup alerts? Now it's feeding the entire tech ecosystem like some kind of mandatory office coffee machine. Frontend, backend, mobile, desktop, and even ML engineers are all drinking from the same pot whether they want to or not. The ultimate "write once, run everywhere" language finally happened, and it's the one we used to make fun of. The universe has a sick sense of humor.

The Slash That Broke The CORS
Webdev Javascript Programming Debugging Frontend
2 months ago 271.4K views 0 shares
The Slash That Broke The CORS
The classic "http" vs "https" battle claims another victim! Our poor developer set up CORS for localhost with "http://localhost:3000" but forgot the browser's mortal enemy: the trailing slash. That innocent-looking character is now mocking them as a giant, animated "3000/". The browser's like "Wrong protocol, buddy!" while the developer's confused face says it all. This is why we drink coffee by the gallon - one character can waste an entire afternoon of debugging.

Node Modules: The Backpack That Ate Your Hard Drive
Javascript Webdev Programming Frontend Backend
3 months ago 278.5K views 1 shares
Node Modules: The Backpack That Ate Your Hard Drive
Writing a tiny 50KB app in Node.js that somehow requires hauling around 12GB of node_modules is the modern equivalent of bringing a nuclear warhead to a knife fight. Nothing says "efficient development" like needing an extra hard drive just to store your dependencies. And yet we all just accept this madness like it's completely normal. "Yeah, I'm just importing this tiny utility that needs 237 other packages to calculate if a number is odd."

ChatGPT For $500: The Dream vs Reality
AI Webdev Javascript Programming php
4 months ago 265.4K views 0 shares
ChatGPT For $500: The Dream vs Reality
Someone wants to build ChatGPT for $500? Sure, and I want a Ferrari for the price of a bicycle. This freelance posting is the perfect example of clients who think you can just sprinkle some PHP and Node.js on a project and suddenly have a multi-billion dollar AI platform. OpenAI burned through hundreds of millions in compute costs alone, but sure, let's build that on a budget that wouldn't even cover a junior dev's weekly salary. The 51 desperate freelancers bidding on this are either wildly optimistic or planning to deliver a glorified if-else statement with a chat interface and call it "AI."

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Npm I: The Great Dependency Flood
Javascript Webdev Programming Frontend
4 months ago 249.1K views 0 shares
Npm I: The Great Dependency Flood
Nothing quite like the sweet satisfaction of dumping 500MB of dependencies into your tiny side project. Run a simple npm install and suddenly your 10-line script needs the entire JavaScript ecosystem to function. That 5KB utility? It's bringing along its extended family, third cousins, and everyone they've ever met. But hey, at least you didn't have to write your own string reversal function, right? The node_modules black hole: where disk space goes to die and package-lock.json grows longer than your actual codebase.

The Node Modules Backpacking Adventure
Javascript Webdev Programming Frontend
4 months ago 289.2K views 1 shares
The Node Modules Backpacking Adventure
OH. MY. GOD. The absolute AUDACITY of Node.js! Your tiny 300kb app that probably just displays "Hello World" is forced to drag around a 12GB monstrosity of node_modules like some sort of digital pack mule! 💀 It's the modern developer's nightmare - creating something sleek and elegant only to have it CRUSHED under the weight of seventeen thousand dependencies you didn't even know you needed! Your poor little app is literally GASPING for air under all those packages that do things you could probably write yourself in 10 lines of code!