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Talk Is Cheap, Show Me The Code

5 days ago 133.9K views 0 shares

The ultimate programmer mic drop from Linus Torvalds himself! While everyone's busy writing elaborate design docs and explaining their "revolutionary" approaches in meetings, Torvalds cuts through the BS with his iconic phrase. It's the software equivalent of "put up or shut up." Countless hours have been saved by developers worldwide simply asking this question when discussions spiral into theoretical nonsense. Nothing validates your brilliant architecture quite like... absolutely nothing. Only working code matters. The rest is just hot air from your CPU fan.

REST API: I Thought You Meant Actual Rest

Programming Webdev Debugging Backend

8 days ago 117.9K views 0 shares

REST API: I Thought You Meant Actual Rest

The only REST you're getting in this industry is Representational State Transfer, kid. Sleep is just a deprecated human function that senior devs have learned to override with coffee and existential dread. Your body wants 8 hours? Too bad, those endpoints aren't going to build themselves. Welcome to the profession where "work-life balance" is just a fancy term for "which energy drink pairs best with midnight debugging sessions."

No One Documents (Until The AI Arrives)

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18 days ago 159.8K views 0 shares

The future is here, folks. Remember when we couldn't be bothered to document our code for other humans? Now we're suddenly motivated to write pristine docs... for our AI overlords. Nothing says "priorities straight" like ignoring your colleagues for years but immediately catering to ChatGPT's needs. Future archaeologists will discover perfectly documented codebases that no human ever read.

The Programmer Compass

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19 days ago 188.0K views 1 shares

The tech world's political compass has arrived! It perfectly maps the eternal developer civil war across two axes: Freedom vs. Proprietary and Tradition vs. Disruption. Top-left quadrant (Libredev): Home to the free software purists with their GNU/Linux laptops, Emacs, and C language. The kind of developers who write 5000-word emails about why you should call it "GNU plus Linux" instead of just "Linux." Top-right quadrant (Cogdev): Corporate warriors wielding C#, Visual Studio, and Windows. These folks genuinely believe Microsoft's "embrace, extend, extinguish" was just a phase, like their teenage goth years. Bottom-right quadrant (Sovdev): The Apple ecosystem disciples and JavaScript framework hoppers. They'll pay $3000 for a laptop with 8GB RAM and then tell you it's "optimized." Their GitHub profile is their entire personality. Bottom-left quadrant (Hypedev): The bleeding-edge rebels running experimental tech stacks that will probably be abandoned next Tuesday. They've rewritten their personal website in 17 different frameworks this year alone. Which quadrant are you in? Don't answer—your choice of text editor already told me everything I need to know.

When A Senior Developer Teaches You How To Improve At Your Job

Programming Debugging

25 days ago 127.1K views 0 shares

When A Senior Developer Teaches You How To Improve At Your Job

That moment when a senior dev spends 15 precious minutes of their existence explaining something to you instead of just saying "Google it." The junior dev's brain immediately transitions from "what is a function?" to "I would literally refactor the entire codebase at 3 AM for this person." The power dynamic is real - one crumb of attention from the coding wizard who remembers what it's like to not know everything, and suddenly you're ready to name your firstborn after their favorite programming language. Unconditional loyalty unlocked.

The Python Mafia

Python Programming

28 days ago 182.5K views 0 shares

Behold the BATHROOM EVANGELISM phenomenon! 🚽 Two programmers meet at urinals, and within 0.3 SECONDS the Python dev simply CANNOT HELP HIMSELF from preaching the gospel of indentation! The recruitment tactics are getting more invasive than popup ads on sketchy websites! Next they'll be sliding pamphlets about list comprehensions under bathroom stalls! The Python cult recruitment strategy: catch 'em with their pants down when they can't escape the conversation! Diabolical brilliance!

The Sacred Law Of Loop Variables

Programming Csharp C++ Algorithms Javascript

1 month ago 247.3K views 0 shares

Listen, when someone questions why you use i and j for loop counters, there's only one valid response: IT'S THE LAW. It's like asking why we drink coffee or hate meetings that could've been emails. Some traditions in programming aren't meant to be questioned—they're sacred knowledge passed down from the ancient CS gods. Using foo and bar as placeholder names, tabs vs spaces, and i , j , k for nested loops... these are the unwritten commandments that separate the true believers from the heretics. Sure, you could use descriptive variable names like index or counter , but then your fellow devs might think you're some kind of revolutionary anarchist. And nobody wants that kind of reputation in the office.

Seniors Hate It Whole Heartedly

Programming Debugging Testing Frontend Backend

1 month ago 186.2K views 1 shares

The ABSOLUTE AUDACITY of junior devs saying they "vibe coded" something! 💀 Senior developers' souls literally leave their bodies when they hear this phrase. That look of pure, undiluted judgment isn't just disappointment—it's the face of someone who spent 15 years perfecting their craft only to hear some kid claim they wrote production code while half-watching Netflix and "feeling the flow." Meanwhile, the senior dev is mentally reviewing the 47 security vulnerabilities and technical debt nightmare they'll have to fix next sprint. The contempt is so thick you could compile it into a binary!

Pick Your Programmer Class

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1 month ago 231.8K views 1 shares

It's the classic RPG character selection screen, but for the coding world's various tribes! Top-left: The "Corporate Legacy" build. Internet Explorer, Windows Server 2003, and .NET. Your special ability is maintaining ancient systems nobody else wants to touch while drinking coffee from a mug that says "I fixed it." Top-right: The "Digital Freedom Fighter" class. Linux, Tor, Monero, and a mandatory Richard Stallman shrine. You refuse to use proprietary software and have a 4-hour speech prepared on why everyone should compile their own kernel. Bottom-left: The "Silicon Valley Hipster" build. HTML5, JavaScript, and a MacBook purchased with your startup's seed money. Special abilities include drinking $8 artisanal coffee while explaining why your framework is better than the one released last week. Bottom-right: The "Hardcore Basement Dweller" spec. Arch Linux, energy drinks, and 4chan's technology board as your homepage. You started coding at 12 and now make 300 commits daily, mostly to projects nobody understands but everyone secretly fears. Choose wisely. Your IDE preferences and caffeine dependency depend on it.

Baby's First Line Of Code

Programming Debugging

1 month ago 135.8K views 0 shares

The circle of life in programming: your baby mumbles "Hello World" and suddenly transforms into a sunglasses-wearing code ninja while you shed tears of pride mixed with the grim realization that you've doomed another soul to a lifetime of debugging other people's spaghetti code and arguing about tabs vs spaces. It's beautiful and tragic, just like inheritance in JavaScript.

Pick Your Programmer Class

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1 month ago 274.6K views 1 shares

It's the RPG character selection screen nobody asked for but everyone secretly relates to! Choose your programmer archetype: Top left: The Corporate Legacy Warrior - Internet Explorer, Windows Server 2003, and .NET. You've got job security until those legacy systems finally die (which might be never). Top right: The Privacy Paladin - C programming, GNU/Linux, ThinkPads, and Tor. You probably have a Richard Stallman shrine and whisper "proprietary software is theft" in your sleep. Bottom left: The Hipster Bard - HTML5, JS, Apple, Electron, and of course, the mandatory Starbucks coffee. Your apps are bloated but your Instagram is fire. Bottom right: The Hardcore Wizard - Arch Linux, Monster Energy, mechanical keyboards, and 300 commits per day. You've been coding since 12 and think sleep is optional. The real question isn't which class you are, but which one you'll admit to being in public.

Baby's First Line Of Code

Programming StackOverflow

1 month ago 137.6K views 0 shares

Ah, the sacred ritual of a programmer's firstborn uttering "Hello World!" instead of actual baby sounds. That parent's face in the last panel? That's the look of someone who knows their kid is destined for a lifetime of debugging other people's spaghetti code and explaining to clients why adding that "small feature" will take three weeks. The sunglasses are just *chef's kiss* - nothing says "future Stack Overflow dependent" like pixel shades. Congrats, you've created another soldier for the eternal war against syntax errors.

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Programming culture Memes

Talk Is Cheap, Show Me The Code

REST API: I Thought You Meant Actual Rest

No One Documents (Until The AI Arrives)

The Programmer Compass

When A Senior Developer Teaches You How To Improve At Your Job

The Python Mafia

The Sacred Law Of Loop Variables

Seniors Hate It Whole Heartedly

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Pick Your Programmer Class

Baby's First Line Of Code

Pick Your Programmer Class

Baby's First Line Of Code

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