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Time To Break Prod
Security Networking Devops Programming Cloud
18 days ago 114.2K views 0 shares
Time To Break Prod
Ah, the wall of lava lamps at Cloudflare that generates true randomness for their encryption. Some junior dev just waltzed in with the digital equivalent of "hold my beer." That collection isn't just hipster office decor—it's literally securing a chunk of the internet. Each lamp's unpredictable flow creates entropy used for cryptographic keys. But sure, go ahead and poke it, see what happens. Nothing major, just potentially compromising 20% of the web. No pressure.

Random() Functions Is Not Random
Algorithms Math Javascript Programming Python
6 months ago 237.5K views 0 shares
Random() Functions Is Not Random
Oh. My. GOD. The absolute AUDACITY of programming languages to call these functions "random" when they're about as random as my aunt Gertrude's weekly bingo schedule! 🙄 These so-called "random" functions are LITERALLY just deterministic algorithms in disguise, honey! Feed them the same seed, and they'll spit out the exact same sequence EVERY. SINGLE. TIME. The BETRAYAL! It's like ordering a "surprise" meal but getting the same chicken sandwich for the 57th time. JUST CALL THEM WHAT THEY ARE - pseudorandom! The Matrix kid knows what's up!

The Parallel Universe Where Bogosort Is Actually Useful
Algorithms Math Programming Debugging
7 months ago 247.0K views 0 shares
The Parallel Universe Where Bogosort Is Actually Useful
Somewhere in a parallel universe, bogosort finishes in O(1) time, git merge has no conflicts, and printers just work. Meanwhile, in our reality, we're still waiting for that one-in-a-googol chance where our randomly shuffled array accidentally ends up sorted. The cosmic joke is that even quantum computers would give up before bogosort succeeds. Such is life in the worst timeline.