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Nothing Is More Permanent Than A Temporary Fix
Programming Debugging Backend
17 days ago 186.0K views 0 shares
Nothing Is More Permanent Than A Temporary Fix
The universal truth that haunts every codebase like a ghost that refuses to leave. You slap together a "quick workaround" at 3 AM promising yourself you'll come back to refactor it properly next sprint. Fast forward three years and that temporary hack is now load-bearing infrastructure that nobody dares touch because the original developer left, documentation was never written, and removing it would probably cause the entire system to collapse like a house of cards. The temporary fix has achieved immortality while your carefully architected "proper solutions" got deprecated last Tuesday. Poetry in motion, really.

I Guess They Let The Intern Optimize The App
Windows Microsoft Programming Debugging Backend
1 month ago 338.3K views 0 shares
I Guess They Let The Intern Optimize The App
So Discord's brilliant solution to their memory leak problem is... turning it off and on again? REVOLUTIONARY! Instead of actually fixing why their app is devouring RAM like a starving hippo at an all-you-can-eat buffet, they just implemented a hard reset when it crosses 4GB. That's not optimization, that's just automated panic mode! It's like your car engine overheating, so instead of fixing the cooling system, you just install a mechanism that automatically turns the car off every time it gets too hot. Sure, technically it prevents the engine from exploding, but you're still stranded on the highway every 20 minutes. Genius engineering right there! Someone really looked at this memory leak, shrugged, and said "Have we tried just... restarting it?" And somehow that made it to production. The absolute audacity of calling this a "failsafe" when it's literally just admitting defeat to your own memory management.

It's Working
Algorithms Programming StackOverflow
1 month ago 253.6K views 0 shares
It's Working
Someone asked for help printing numbers 1-25 in a clockwise expanding spiral pattern. The "solution" is just five hardcoded print statements with the numbers manually typed out in rows. No loops, no algorithms, no spiral logic—just raw, unfiltered copy-paste energy. The sender confidently declares "It's working" like they just solved P=NP. Technically correct? Sure. The numbers are there. They're in some kind of pattern. Mission accomplished, right? This is the programming equivalent of being asked to build a car and showing up with a skateboard taped to a lawnmower. The person who asked for help said "thanks" which means they either didn't actually look at the code, or they've completely given up on life. Both are valid responses in this industry.

How My Day Is Going
Debugging Devops Programming Testing
2 months ago 126.1K views 0 shares
How My Day Is Going
That awkward handshake when your manager is already planning the celebratory team lunch while you're mentally preparing your resignation letter. The classic "it works on my machine" scenario but with higher stakes and more sweaty palms. Your fix was basically just commenting out the error messages and praying to the debugging gods. The customer's already typing that furious email while your manager is still patting your back. Just another Tuesday in paradise!

Flex Tape Programming: The C# Way
Csharp Programming Debugging Testing
3 months ago 249.3K views 0 shares
Flex Tape Programming: The C# Way
When your manager asks for a new feature by tomorrow, but you've got zero bandwidth: C# dev uses the magical Flex Tape of programming—slapping a NotImplementedException() on that method and shipping it anyway! The digital equivalent of "This leak? What leak? I don't see any water!" Works until QA actually tries to use it... then all hell breaks loose.

Hotfix Successfully Applied In Production
Debugging Devops Programming Testing
4 months ago 216.5K views 1 shares
Hotfix Successfully Applied In Production
OH. MY. GOD. The absolute PINNACLE of emergency fixes right here! 💀 When your production server is having clock issues but you've got a deadline in 5 minutes and the CEO is breathing down your neck! So you just... *checks notes*... TAPE A PIECE OF PAPER TO THE WALL CLOCK?! This is what happens when the ticket says "critical priority" but the budget says "we spent it all on pizza for the last hackathon." The greatest part? Some poor soul is absolutely getting a promotion for this stroke of genius. Engineering at its most desperate and brilliant!

Hotfix Successfully Applied In Production
Debugging Devops Programming Testing
4 months ago 272.4K views 2 shares
Hotfix Successfully Applied In Production
When the boss says "fix it ASAP but don't touch the production environment," you improvise. Instead of properly fixing the clock that's stuck behind a wall, someone just taped a piece of paper with the missing numbers. Classic production fix that follows the letter of the law but violates its spirit—exactly like when you patch that mission-critical service with a hardcoded value instead of refactoring the entire codebase. Hey, if it passes the integration tests, ship it!

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AI Can Almost Do A "FIXME"... We're Cooked
React AI Typescript Javascript Programming
4 months ago 417.8K views 0 shares
AI Can Almost Do A "FIXME"... We're Cooked
OH. MY. GOD. The IDE is not just highlighting the error—it's offering to FIX IT WITH AI! 💀 This is the digital equivalent of handing a junior dev the keys to production and saying "whatever happens, happens!" The computer is literally telling us "children doesn't exist" and then offering to write our code FOR US. Excuse me while I update my LinkedIn profile to "Former Developer" because if AI can debug React props, what am I even doing with my life?! Next thing you know, it'll be writing passive-aggressive comments about my variable naming conventions!

Send It To Production
Programming Agile Debugging Testing
7 months ago 271.7K views 0 shares
Send It To Production
That fence is basically production code after the deadline hit. Someone clearly said "it works, ship it!" despite the glaring white gate hack in the middle. Classic technical debt in physical form! The temporary solution became permanent because hey—it keeps dogs in and burglars out, just like how that spaghetti code somehow passes all the tests. Who has time for clean architecture when the client is breathing down your neck?

The Flex Tape School Of Debugging
Debugging Javascript Programming
7 months ago 255.6K views 0 shares
The Flex Tape School Of Debugging
The eternal dance between developers and their bugs, captured in Flex Tape commercial format. The top shows a developer (labeled "ME") excitedly approaching an "ERROR IN CODE" that's gushing out like a leak. The bottom panel reveals the developer's sophisticated debugging solution: slapping two closing parentheses ")" on it and calling it a day. Because nothing fixes syntax errors like desperately adding random closing brackets until the compiler stops screaming at you. Who needs proper debugging when you can just play "Guess Which Parenthesis Is Missing" for three hours straight?

Nothing As Permanent As A Temporary Solution
Programming Devops Debugging Testing
8 months ago 174.0K views 0 shares
Nothing As Permanent As A Temporary Solution
Ah yes, the classic "temporary solution" that somehow survives three system migrations, two CTO changes, and the heat death of the universe. That duct-taped code snippet from 2012 labeled "TODO: fix later" is now running critical infrastructure at Fortune 500 companies. The only thing more permanent than a temporary fix is the existential dread of the developer who has to maintain it.

The Face Of Dev At 4:30AM
Debugging Devops Programming Testing
8 months ago 187.4K views 0 shares
The Face Of Dev At 4:30AM
The classic "it's just a quick fix" that morphs into an all-night coding nightmare. There's something profoundly spiritual about staring into the void of your IDE at 4:30 AM, running on nothing but desperation and your fifth energy drink, while your sanity hangs by a single semicolon. The frog represents that special mix of delirium and determination that only comes when you've promised the team "I'll have this done by morning" and are now questioning every life decision that led to this moment. The empty office just amplifies the existential dread – it's just you, the bug, and the growing realization that "quick fix" is the biggest lie in software development since "it works on my machine."