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Just Read The Docs Man
Programming StackOverflow Debugging
13 hours ago 49.2K views 0 shares
Just Read The Docs Man
The perfect response when your coworker asks if you've consulted the documentation before bothering them with your problem. Ten years in this industry and I've developed a sixth sense for detecting who actually reads docs versus who just mashes Stack Overflow solutions together until something works. Documentation is like flossing - everybody claims they do it regularly, but the reality is much grimmer. Most devs would rather reverse-engineer an entire codebase than spend 5 minutes reading what the author actually intended.

The Reluctant Documentation Reader
Debugging Programming StackOverflow
1 day ago 63.6K views 0 shares
The Reluctant Documentation Reader
The five stages of debugging grief: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and finally... reading the documentation. Nothing quite captures that moment of existential crisis when you realize you've spent three hours trying to fix something that could've been solved in five minutes if you'd just checked the manual first. The face says it all – that painful realization that you're not as clever as you thought, and the documentation writers were right all along. What's next, actually commenting your code?

Just Read The Docs Bro
StackOverflow Programming Python
13 days ago 77.2K views 1 shares
Just Read The Docs Bro
OH. MY. GOD. The absolute DRAMA of asking a simple coding question online! 💀 Left side: innocent newbie with puppy eyes asking for help in Python. Right side: the AUDACITY of these keyboard warriors telling you to "read the docs" like they were born understanding recursion! But PLOT TWIST! Bottom panel shows the rare unicorn who actually helps AND explains, getting a simple "thanks" while the rage-faces continue their existential meltdown about how you're "not a real programmer." The true heroes of StackOverflow are outnumbered by documentation-worshipping gatekeepers who'd rather die than explain a simple for-loop to a beginner. Heaven forbid someone asks how to center a div!

Self-Proclaimed ML Engineer Discovers How Strings Work
Python AI Algorithms Programming Debugging
1 month ago 114.0K views 0 shares
Self-Proclaimed ML Engineer Discovers How Strings Work
Behold, the "ML Engineer" who discovered that Python sorts strings alphabetically instead of numerically! The horror! Next breaking news: water is wet. What we're witnessing here is the classic "I didn't read the docs but it's definitely the language's fault" syndrome. Python's sorted() is working perfectly—it's sorting ["9%", "83%", "25%"] as strings, exactly as it should when you give it strings. Pro tip for our aspiring "ML Engineer": try sorted([int(x.strip('%')) for x in a]) next time. Or maybe stick to Excel?

So Damn Far
StackOverflow Webdev Programming Debugging
1 month ago 84.4K views 0 shares
So Damn Far
The eternal developer journey in one image. Crawling 21 miles through the desert to find answers on StackOverflow while the actual documentation is right there, a quarter mile away. We've all done it - spending hours combing through random forum posts from 2013 instead of reading the perfectly clear docs that would have solved our problem in 5 minutes. It's not that we don't know the docs exist... we just have an irrational belief that someone else's hacky solution will somehow be faster than learning how things actually work.

I Never Learn And I Will Fucking Do It Again
Bash Devops Programming Linux
1 month ago 132.4K views 0 shares
I Never Learn And I Will Fucking Do It Again
Ah, the advanced archaeological technique of bash history spelunking. Why waste 30 seconds reading documentation when you can spend 20 minutes scrolling through 4 months of commands trying to find that one magical incantation you used once? It's not laziness, it's efficiency... just with extra steps and questionable results. The true mark of a seasoned developer isn't knowing all the commands - it's knowing approximately when you last used the one you need.

The Documentation Avoidance Championship
Programming Webdev StackOverflow Debugging
1 month ago 82.9K views 0 shares
The Documentation Avoidance Championship
OH. MY. GOD. The absolute TRAGEDY of junior development in one UNO card! 😱 Left: A simple choice - "Read the Documentation Or Draw 25" Right: Junior dev with 25 FREAKING CARDS in hand, looking like they're about to collapse under the weight of their life choices! 💀 Because apparently skimming through 3 paragraphs of documentation is THE MOST HORRIFYING CONCEPT IN THE UNIVERSE compared to drowning in a sea of trial-and-error chaos for 6 hours straight! Who needs sanity when you can have the thrill of random Stack Overflow solutions?!

You Can Lead A Programmer To Manual But You Can't Make 'Em Read
Debugging Programming
1 month ago 82.1K views 0 shares
You Can Lead A Programmer To Manual But You Can't Make 'Em Read
The eternal developer cycle: spend 8 hours heroically battling bugs, refusing to read documentation that would've solved everything in 5 minutes. Then swear you'll "do better next time" while we all know damn well you'll make the exact same choice again. The sword of stubbornness cuts both ways - sometimes you learn deeply by struggling, but mostly you're just wasting your Thursday because "how hard could this be?"