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Python Is Too Convenient Send Help
Python Programming Backend
23 hours ago 160.3K views 0 shares
Python Is Too Convenient Send Help
Python's "import this" problem in four panels. Start coding in Python because it's convenient. Discover there's a library for literally everything you need. Suddenly realize you're just gluing other people's code together. Final stage: accepting your fate as a professional package installer who occasionally writes an if statement. The circle of Python life is complete.

Why Am I Single: A Dependency Issue
Python Programming
4 days ago 156.8K views 0 shares
Why Am I Single: A Dependency Issue
Dating a Python developer is like reading their requirements.txt file and realizing you don't meet the dependencies. The joke plays on the dual meaning of "She is a 10" (attractiveness scale) versus the software development reality of package management with pip and dependency files. After 15 years of coding, I've learned that compatibility issues aren't just for software packages—they apply to relationships too. The real reason I'm single isn't because I'm ugly; it's because my version of social skills is deprecated and no longer maintained.

The Debian Enlightenment
Linux Devops Bash Programming
17 days ago 124.3K views 0 shares
The Debian Enlightenment
That moment when you've spent years scoffing at Debian's strict stability policies and ancient packages, only to finally install it and have an epiphany about why server admins worship it. Suddenly all those hours fighting with bleeding-edge distros and their random breakages flash before your eyes, and you just whisper to yourself: "I get it now." The stability... the reliability... it's like finding computing nirvana after years of distro-hopping chaos. Your uptime counter finally has a chance to reach double digits!

Python Projects Be Like
Python Programming Debugging
20 days ago 173.3K views 1 shares
Python Projects Be Like
The stark reality of Python dependency hell vs. actual source code! On the left, the .venv directory contains enough documentation to crush a desk (and your hard drive), while the ./src folder on the right is literally small enough to fit between two fingers. Nothing says "modern development" quite like downloading 500MB of packages to print "Hello World" with extra formatting. The best part? You'll spend 3 hours debugging a cryptic error only to discover it's from a nested dependency 7 layers deep that you never explicitly imported. Efficiency at its finest!

The Linux Update Addiction Spectrum
Linux Devops Bash Programming
28 days ago 172.3K views 0 shares
The Linux Update Addiction Spectrum
The eternal battle between Linux update strategies, beautifully illustrated by someone who's clearly spent too much time staring at a terminal. Top panel: "Here's how to keep Linux updated for normal humans" - followed by a list of options that would make any sane person question their life choices. Manual updates that will eventually kill your system? Hard pass. Bottom panel: The character suddenly perks up at options that would make any system administrator weep tears of joy. Immutable systems with automatic updates? Rolling releases with daily snapshots? It's the perfect encapsulation of how Linux users gradually transform from "I just want my computer to work" to "I need my system to update itself 47 times daily while maintaining perfect atomic snapshots with zero downtime." The addiction is real.

Showing Off My Massive Node Modules
Javascript Webdev React Programming Frontend
1 month ago 176.6K views 0 shares
Showing Off My Massive Node Modules
The seductive whisper of "come under the blankets, I have something to show you" takes a hilarious turn when instead of anything romantic, it's just a developer proudly displaying their bloated node_modules folder with 113,652 items taking up 120GB of precious disk space. Nothing says "I'm a JavaScript developer" quite like needing an entire hard drive just to import left-pad. The modern equivalent of "I swear this never happened before" is explaining to your PM why installing a simple date picker requires downloading half the internet.

Let's Make Security Painfully Secure
Security Devops Programming
1 month ago 156.4K views 0 shares
Let's Make Security Painfully Secure
When security meets bureaucracy, innovation happens! The boss wants to secure packages against supply chain attacks, and everyone's got ideas: raise awareness, use AI scanning, require 2FA from multiple devs. But that one guy takes it to the next level with "4FA" - and gets promptly defenestrated for his brilliance. For the uninitiated, 2FA (Two-Factor Authentication) is already a pain for most developers. Suggesting 4FA is like proposing we solve traffic jams by adding more lanes to highways - technically logical but practically homicidal.

We Got Lucky
Security Webdev Javascript Programming
1 month ago 210.9K views 0 shares
We Got Lucky
The greatest heist in tech history nets you... $49.99. That's the reality of supply chain attacks. You hack into an NPM package with billions of downloads, gain access to millions of dev machines, and what do you get? Enough for a mediocre dinner and maybe parking. The real kicker? Those NPM maintainers aren't even making that much themselves. The entire JavaScript ecosystem runs on unpaid labor, prayers, and the occasional GitHub sponsor who feels generous after their third coffee. Thank god most hackers are as underpaid as the rest of us, or we'd all be doomed.

Open Source Thera-Py You Need
Python Programming Debugging
1 month ago 168.5K views 0 shares
Open Source Thera-Py You Need
When your code has given you so many mental breakdowns that you're now installing therapy via pip. Because nothing says "I'm coping well" like treating psychological trauma with a Python package. The best part? It's open source, so everyone can see your desperate attempts at sanity management. Version 0.11.0 means it's still highly experimental - just like your emotional stability during a production deployment.

Me Looking For The Right NPM Package
Javascript Webdev React Programming Frontend
2 months ago 253.3K views 0 shares
Me Looking For The Right NPM Package
Just another Tuesday, paddling through the 1.3 million packages on NPM, hoping to find that magical dependency that won't introduce 300 vulnerabilities or break your entire project next week. The search continues through the endless sea of abandoned projects, cryptominers, and that one package with decent documentation but hasn't been updated since 2017. Keep rowing.

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Your Typical Node Project
Javascript Webdev React Programming Frontend
2 months ago 225.1K views 0 shares
Your Typical Node Project
The stark reality of modern JavaScript development in one perfect image. Left side: your node_modules folder - a literal encyclopedia of dependencies that could crush a small desk. Right side: your actual source code - so tiny you could lose it between your fingers. The 500MB of libraries you imported just to center a div versus the 12 lines of code you actually wrote. This is why your Docker builds take longer than compiling the Linux kernel.

Raise Your Hand If You Did Once 🙋
Programming Security Devops Debugging
2 months ago 163.1K views 0 shares
Raise Your Hand If You Did Once 🙋
Ah, the Hollywood hacking scenes – where furious typing and green text on black screens somehow grants access to the Pentagon in 12 seconds flat. Meanwhile, actual programmers are watching with that knowing smirk, sipping coffee, thinking "Sure buddy, go ahead and 'hack the mainframe' by mashing random keys while I spend 3 hours debugging why my function returns undefined despite literally changing nothing in the code." The only thing more unrealistic than movie hacking is the idea that any of us could look that good while coding. In reality, we're all just npm installing our problems away and praying the dependencies don't break again.