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Software Engineer 🤡
AI Programming
18 days ago 213.0K views 0 shares
Software Engineer 🤡
The ouroboros of tech: building AI tools to automate ourselves out of existence. Nothing says "job security" quite like enthusiastically coding your own replacement. The snake eating its tail is literally the perfect metaphor here—we're so obsessed with automation and efficiency that we've circled back to creating the very thing that'll make us obsolete. The real kicker? We're doing it with a smile, calling it "innovation" and "disruption" while polishing our resumes in incognito mode. At least when the AI overlords take over, they'll remember we were the ones who built them with love, Stack Overflow answers, and way too much coffee.

Sand People Override Single Files To Hide Their Blunders
Git Programming Debugging
20 days ago 264.8K views 0 shares
Sand People Override Single Files To Hide Their Blunders
That beautiful moment when someone asks if you trust the code in the repository and you're like "absolutely not, I wrote half of it." Nothing says professional software development quite like being your own worst enemy in code review. We've all been there - scrolling through git blame only to discover that the person who committed that atrocious hack at 2 AM was... yourself. The real kicker? You probably left a comment like "// TODO: fix this properly later" and that was 3 years ago. The title's reference to overriding single files is chef's kiss - because yeah, sometimes you just quietly push that one file with --no-verify and hope nobody notices your sins in the commit history.

The Universal Developer Confession
Programming Debugging Testing
5 months ago 126.7K views 0 shares
The Universal Developer Confession
The universal developer confession that hits way too close to home! That moment when you finally gather enough courage to reveal your spaghetti code to another human being, only to immediately undermine it with brutal honesty. The duality of programmer existence: spending hours writing code that barely functions, then sheepishly admitting it's a janky mess held together by Stack Overflow answers and pure luck. It's basically the software equivalent of "it's not much, but it's dishonest work."

The Programmer's Paradox: Gaming PC vs Girlfriend
Programming Hardware Gamedev
5 months ago 187.2K views 0 shares
The Programmer's Paradox: Gaming PC vs Girlfriend
The brutal honesty of this pie chart hits harder than a production bug on Friday at 4:59 PM. It's the perfect representation of the average programmer's life—split perfectly between two equally depressing realities. We spend thousands on overpriced GPUs but can't seem to allocate any resources to our social compiler. The irony is that even if we somehow acquired both mythical artifacts, we'd still be too busy debugging someone else's legacy code to enjoy either one.

My PC Vs My Biological Limitations
Hardware Programming
6 months ago 198.9K views 0 shares
My PC Vs My Biological Limitations
Spending thousands on a high-performance rig with RGB lighting only to realize the real bottleneck in the system is the flesh-based operator. The machine processes billions of calculations per second while you struggle to remember where you put your coffee. Your PC has terabytes of storage; your brain can't recall if you've eaten lunch. The ultimate hardware-wetware incompatibility issue that no amount of thermal paste can fix.

Humor Based On My Pain
Programming Webdev Debugging
6 months ago 240.1K views 0 shares
Humor Based On My Pain
It's that special kind of self-deprecating joy when you're scrolling through programming memes and suddenly recognize your daily trauma packaged as entertainment. Nothing quite like sipping coffee while nodding at a joke about the exact bug that made you question your career choices yesterday. The digital equivalent of "I'm in this photo and I don't like it" – except we absolutely love it. Our suffering, now in meme format, available for internet points!

Following Vulkan Tutorial
Programming Git Gamedev C++
6 months ago 323.9K views 0 shares
Following Vulkan Tutorial
The classic GitHub commit message that says it all. When diving into Vulkan (that notoriously complex graphics API that makes OpenGL look like a children's toy), this dev's only documentation is a README file warning potential recruiters about the horror show inside. It's the programming equivalent of those "Abandon All Hope" signs at the entrance to Hell. The best part? They committed it just 3 minutes ago - probably right after realizing their code is an unholy abomination that would make even seasoned graphics programmers weep.

Humor Based On My Pain
Programming StackOverflow Debugging
6 months ago 185.8K views 0 shares
Humor Based On My Pain
Nothing quite like scrolling through memes about missing semicolons and merge conflicts while sipping coffee from your "World's Okayest Programmer" mug. The sweet dopamine hit of seeing your daily trauma packaged as entertainment. "Yes, I too have contemplated throwing my laptop out the window after a 6-hour debugging session that ended with a typo." *nervous sip* At least the existential dread feels communal when packaged as a jpeg.

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Expectation vs. Reality: Coding Skills Edition
Programming Webdev Debugging
7 months ago 184.7K views 0 shares
Expectation vs. Reality: Coding Skills Edition
The gap between how we imagine our coding abilities versus what we actually produce is wider than the Jurassic period. Left side: majestic T-Rex ready to dominate. Right side: that offline Chrome dinosaur game you play when your internet dies. At least the pixelated version still technically runs, which is more than I can say for half my projects.

When Your Personality Is A Stack Overflow
Debugging Webdev Programming Testing
8 months ago 231.6K views 0 shares
When Your Personality Is A Stack Overflow
When your personality test hits too close to home. The error code "1x38B" isn't just a technical glitch—it's a personal attack. Nothing says "you're fundamentally broken" quite like a quiz that crashes rather than categorize your psyche. The system took one look at your answers and chose self-destruction over analysis. That's not a Jung personality type; that's a Jung personality nope .

The Linux User Origin Story
Linux MacOS Windows Programming
9 months ago 194.1K views 0 shares
The Linux User Origin Story
Someone suggests studying the correlation between kids who started on Mac vs Windows and their problem-solving skills. A user replies they installed Linux at age 12, to which the original poster responds "Autistic children will be discluded from the study for skewing results." The Linux community's self-burn is so radioactive it would trigger a SCRAM at a nuclear plant. Nothing says "I'm technically superior and socially challenged" quite like bragging about compiling your own kernel before puberty.

Are We This Ugly?
Programming
9 months ago 144.9K views 0 shares
Are We This Ugly?
The savage burn that hit every male developer right in the compiler! 🔥 According to this tweet, the solution to gender diversity in tech isn't fancy recruitment programs or inclusive workplaces—it's just plastic surgery for us dudes. Ouch. As someone who's debugged code at 4am with nothing but coffee and despair, I can confirm my webcam has mysteriously "stopped working" during many morning standups. Maybe she's onto something? My terminal might be dark mode, but my future in tech just got darker.