Protocol Memes

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The Myth Of "Consensual" Decorations

Linux Programming Frontend

2 months ago 222.2K views 0 shares

The Myth Of "Consensual" Decorations

For Linux desktop devs, the Wayland protocol drama is real. This meme brilliantly pokes fun at the xdg-decoration protocol, where client-side decorations (CSD) are forced upon us whether we like it or not. The "APP" and "DE" (Desktop Environment) are happily consenting to client-side decorations, while poor Wayland ("W") is screaming "I DON'T!" — yet nobody bothers to ask the actual window manager what it wants. Server-side decoration fans are in the corner quietly sobbing into their tiling window manager configs. The struggle is real.

The Immortal Teapot Of Developer Humor

Programming Webdev Networking Debugging Backend

5 months ago 213.9K views 0 shares

The Immortal Teapot Of Developer Humor

The person who invented HTTP status code 418 ("I'm a teapot") single-handedly disproved the notion that veteran developers lack humor. While regular programmers were busy writing boring if-else statements, this legend was embedding an April Fools' joke directly into internet protocol standards that would confuse junior devs for generations. It's the programming equivalent of dad jokes achieving immortality through RFC documentation. The kind of brilliant absurdity that makes you question if you're hallucinating while debugging at 3 AM.