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State Of Software Development In 2025

2 days ago 328.4K views 1 shares

Oh, you sweet summer child suggesting we fix existing bugs? How DARE you bring logic and reason to a product meeting! While the backlog is literally screaming for attention with 10,000 unresolved issues, management is out here chasing every shiny buzzword like it's Pokémon GO all over again. "Blockchain! AI! Web3! Metaverse!" Meanwhile, Production is on fire, users can't log in, and Karen from accounting still can't export that CSV file—but sure, let's pivot to implementing blockchain in our to-do list app because some CEO read a Medium article. The poor developer suggesting bug fixes got defenestrated faster than you can say "technical debt." Because why would we invest in boring things like stability, performance, or user satisfaction when we could slap "AI-powered" on everything and watch the investors throw money at us? Who needs a functioning product when you have a killer pitch deck, am I right?

Never Even Held A Baby Like This

Hardware AI Gamedev

10 days ago 156.0K views 0 shares

Look at this man cradling his RTX GPU like it's his firstborn child at the hospital. The gentle support, the tender gaze, the protective stance—this is PURE paternal instinct kicking in. And honestly? Can you blame him? That thing probably cost more than an actual baby's first year of diapers and has better cooling than most nurseries. The way he's holding it with both hands, making sure not to touch the PCB, checking for any shipping damage—this is the kind of care and devotion that brings a tear to your eye. Meanwhile, his actual future children are somewhere in the void wondering why dad never looked at them with such unconditional love and concern. Fun fact: The RTX 4090 weighs about 4.5 pounds, which is roughly the same as a newborn baby. Coincidence? I think not. Nature is healing.

Step One: Admit It's A Bad Habit. Step Two: Keep Doing It Anyway

Hardware Programming

10 days ago 135.6K views 0 shares

Step One: Admit It's A Bad Habit. Step Two: Keep Doing It Anyway

We all know we should be responsible with our money. Buy the essentials first, save for emergencies, invest wisely. But then you see that new GPU drop, or a sweet mechanical keyboard, or literally any PC component that makes RGB lights go brrrr, and suddenly your brain does a complete factory reset. The top panel shows the rational human response: screaming in horror at spending $5.29 on a 3-pack of underwear because "that's too expensive for basic necessities!" Meanwhile, the bottom panel reveals the truth—we'll casually drop $2,455 on PC parts without blinking. GPU for $849? Sure. CPU for $529? Why not. Case for $399? Obviously need that tempered glass. Some random storage device for $459? Can never have too much storage, right? The cognitive dissonance is real. We'll eat ramen for a month to justify a new RTX card, but heaven forbid we spend more than $10 on actual food. At least our battlestations look incredible while we cry into our empty wallets.

Me During The New Year's Eve

Gamedev Programming

21 days ago 219.5K views 0 shares

While normies are out there popping champagne and kissing strangers at midnight, we're here grinding that MMR or finishing that side quest. The fireworks go off, you glance at the tiny celebration emoji for exactly one second, then immediately return to what actually matters. New year, same priorities. The calendar changed but your K/D ratio is eternal. Honestly, did anyone expect us to suddenly become party animals just because the Earth completed another lap around the sun?

Schrödinger's Interest

Programming Agile

1 month ago 208.5K views 0 shares

That abandoned side project sitting in your GitHub repos suddenly becomes the most fascinating thing you've ever built the moment your actual deadline starts breathing down your neck. Project A transforms from "meh, whatever" to "THIS IS MY MAGNUM OPUS" faster than you can say "git checkout." It's the developer's version of suddenly finding your room desperately needs organizing when you have an exam tomorrow. That half-baked todo app you haven't touched in 6 months? Suddenly needs a complete architecture overhaul RIGHT NOW. The documentation you've been ignoring? Critical priority. That refactoring you've been postponing? Can't possibly wait another minute. Your brain's procrastination engine running at maximum efficiency, convincing you that literally anything else is more important than the thing that's actually due. The quantum superposition of productivity collapses the moment you observe the deadline.

For Real

Git Hardware Programming Linux

1 month ago 322.3K views 0 shares

Linus Torvalds created two of the most foundational tools in modern software development and runs his entire operation from what looks like a repurposed guest bedroom with a standing desk from IKEA. Meanwhile, some guy who just finished a Udemy course on React has three ultrawide monitors, RGB everything, studio lighting, and a gaming chair that costs more than Linus's entire setup. The man literally built the kernel that powers most of the internet and version control that revolutionized collaborative coding, and he's doing it with the energy of someone who just wants to be left alone to yell at people on mailing lists. No fancy battlestation required when you're too busy actually shipping code instead of optimizing your desk aesthetics for TikTok.

When Programming Defies Logic

Gamedev Unity Programming

1 month ago 145.6K views 0 shares

So you're telling me a game dev can spawn a LITERAL DEMON erupting from molten lava with particle effects and physics calculations that would make Einstein weep, but adding a scarf to the player model? Suddenly we're asking them to solve world hunger. The absolute AUDACITY of suggesting something as simple as cloth physics after they just casually coded an apocalyptic hellspawn summoning ritual. It's giving "I can build a rocket ship but I can't fold a fitted sheet" energy. Game development priorities are truly an enigma wrapped in a riddle, served with a side of spaghetti code.

I Declare Technical Debt Bankruptcy

Programming Agile Debugging Testing

1 month ago 172.7K views 0 shares

Every dev team ever: your codebase has more bugs than a rainforest ecosystem, but instead of fixing them, you're out here chasing the dopamine hit of shipping new features. The girlfriend (bugs) is literally RIGHT THERE, desperately trying to get your attention, but nope—that shiny new feature in the red dress is just too tempting. Classic case of "we'll circle back to those bugs in the next sprint" (narrator: they never did). Eventually the technical debt compounds so hard you need to file for bankruptcy and rewrite the whole thing from scratch. Fun fact: studies show that fixing bugs early costs 5-10x less than fixing them in production, but who needs financial responsibility when you can add a dark mode toggle nobody asked for?

Side Project Always Wins

Programming Webdev

1 month ago 246.2K views 0 shares

The absolute BETRAYAL captured in this single frame! Your work project is literally sitting right there, desperately trying to get your attention with its boring requirements and reasonable deadlines, but nope—you've already chosen violence. That side project? The one that'll probably never see the light of day? The todo app you're building for the 47th time using a framework that came out yesterday? Yeah, THAT'S your soulmate now. The work project can cry in legacy code while you're out here speedrunning your passion project at 2 AM with zero documentation and maximum vibes. The side project doesn't judge you, doesn't have standup meetings, and definitely doesn't need another Jira ticket. It's the forbidden romance of the developer world, and honestly? We're all guilty.

A Random Tech Bro

Git Hardware Programming Linux

1 month ago 284.7K views 1 shares

Linus Torvalds, the guy who actually revolutionized computing with Linux and Git, works from what looks like a normal person's home office with a standing desk and basic setup. Meanwhile, your average tech bro needs a triple-monitor RGB-infested battlestation with studio lighting and a gaming chair that costs more than Linus's entire desk just to push commits to a React tutorial repo. The contrast is *chef's kiss*. One guy literally changed how the world writes software and runs servers. The other makes TikToks about his "coding setup" and hasn't merged a PR in weeks. Priorities, right?

The Truth Nobody Talks About

Programming Webdev Agile Frontend Backend

1 month ago 277.6K views 0 shares

Product managers hold endless meetings about button colors and microinteractions while developers are out here wrestling with legacy codebases held together by duct tape and prayers. Your IDE crashes every 20 minutes, the build pipeline takes longer than a feature film, and the documentation was last updated when PHP 5 was still cool. But sure, let's spend another sprint optimizing the hover animation on that CTA button. Because nothing says "developer experience" like having to restart your local environment three times before lunch while using a framework with 47 breaking changes per minor version. DX is the forgotten stepchild of software development. Everyone wants their app to feel like butter, but nobody wants to invest in tooling that doesn't make developers want to fake their own death.

PCMR Right Now: The Impossible Choice

Hardware

1 month ago 233.2K views 0 shares

The PC Master Race community is sweating bullets right now. You've got two equally tempting red buttons staring you down: drop serious cash on a new car like a responsible adult, or yeet that money into 32GB of DDR4 RAM because Chrome tabs aren't gonna feed themselves. Sure, a new car gets you to work and back. But can it run Cyberpunk at max settings while you have 47 browser tabs open, Discord running, Spotify streaming, and OBS recording? Didn't think so. The real kicker? By the time you finish deciding, DDR5 will be the standard and you'll have to make this choice all over again. Such is the life of a hardware enthusiast.

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