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Holy Debugging: When Code Needs An Exorcism

2 days ago 138.6K views 0 shares

When your server demons are so unruly that divine intervention is the only option left. Nothing says "we've reached a new level of desperation" quite like a priest with a broom performing an exorcism on your Linux server. The command at the bottom ( etc/init.d/daemon stop ) is the technical equivalent of "begone, unholy bugs!" — except with a 50% success rate at best. The other 50%? That's when you start considering a career change to something less haunted, like ghost hunting.

They Say Always Tip Your Server

Hardware Security Devops Databases

9 days ago 123.5K views 0 shares

When they said "tip your server," I don't think this is what they meant. That poor rack server just took a nosedive onto concrete, spilling its guts like a digital piñata. Years of carefully managed RAID configurations, backups, and production data scattered across the floor in seconds. Somewhere, a sysadmin is having the worst day of their career while the CTO is frantically checking if their resume is up to date. Hope they had off-site backups, because no amount of "have you tried turning it off and on again" is fixing this massacre.

Roight? DNS Propagation Miracle

Networking Webdev Devops Programming

12 days ago 96.3K views 0 shares

Ah, the sweet relief when DNS actually decides to work in a reasonable timeframe! Nothing quite like watching your domain changes propagate in minutes instead of the usual "guess I'll go home, sleep, come back tomorrow, and maybe it'll be done" timeline. DNS propagation is basically the digital equivalent of waiting for paint to dry—except the paint sometimes takes an entire workday. When it actually happens quickly, it feels like the universe is finally cutting you some slack. Praise the networking gods, they've shown mercy today!

Worked Well

Linux Cloud

17 days ago 59.8K views 0 shares

Content Guys I Have Bad News xavier The firewall rule worked.. Too well.. We just blocked ourselves out of the SSH session. So now we have to drive 500 km to reboot the remote server

The Web Development Food Chain

Backend Webdev Javascript Programming Frontend

19 days ago 129.0K views 1 shares

The perfect metaphor for web architecture doesn't exi-- Backend: Three people cooking in primitive conditions with giant pots over open flames. The unsung heroes doing the actual heavy lifting while covered in sweat and smoke. Frontend: A polished restaurant interior with mood lighting and fancy tables. Looks great but completely useless without the backend's cooking. APIs: The waitstaff in formal attire carrying food from kitchen to table. They don't make anything themselves but get all the tips for simply transferring data between systems. And somehow management still wonders why backend developers are always grumpy.

The Emperor's New Microservices

Programming Networking Devops Backend Cloud

26 days ago 84.1K views 0 shares

SWEET MOTHER OF MONOLITHS! Everyone's raving about MCP (Microservice Communication Protocols) like it's the second coming of programming Jesus, but then you peek under the hood and—GASP!—it's just regular server apps with fancy communication protocols wearing a trench coat! 😱 The AUDACITY of these buzzwords parading around like they're revolutionary when they're basically just the same old tech with sparkly new marketing! It's like putting lipstick on a REST API and calling it a supermodel! The wide-eyed horror on that cat's face is LITERALLY MY SOUL every time someone tries to convince me their "revolutionary architecture" isn't just the same old client-server relationship with extra steps!

We Log Everything

Debugging Devops Programming Backend

1 month ago 95.3K views 0 shares

Every dev team meeting ever: "We need comprehensive logging for troubleshooting!" Fast forward three months, and your production server is churning out 20GB of logs daily that nobody ever looks at until something explodes. The uncomfortable silence when someone asks about your log monitoring strategy is the same silence you hear when asking who's been reviewing the 8,432 Dependabot PRs from last month. The real senior dev move? Grep through 10 million lines at 3AM while muttering "I know it's in here somewhere" as the CEO keeps texting for updates.

Cache All Things

Databases Webdev Programming Backend

1 month ago 81.5K views 0 shares

Database sitting there like it's filling out TPS reports while Cache is handling a full press conference. Typical. The database is doing all the actual work storing your precious data, but Cache gets all the attention because it's faster at answering the same stupid questions over and over. Just like management - they'll ignore the reliable workhorse and praise the flashy middleman who just repeats what everyone already knows.

The Great OS Update Divide

Linux Devops Windows Programming

1 month ago 89.2K views 0 shares

Ever notice how Windows and Unix admins are basically different species? The left column shows the Windows admin's sacred incantation: "update and shutdown" – because Windows needs to apply those 47 patches and reboot or your machine becomes a digital petri dish. Meanwhile, the Unix/Linux admin on the right smugly performs the superior "update and restart" – keeping that 400-day uptime streak alive because rebooting is for the weak. Their server has been running since the Obama administration and they're proud of it. The subtle difference between shutdown and restart is the digital equivalent of "to-may-to" vs "to-mah-to" except one of them will get you fired when you accidentally take down production.

Innocent Server Meets First Webcrawler

Security Webdev Networking Programming Debugging

1 month ago 89.8K views 0 shares

Oh, the DEVASTATING innocence! 😱 Some poor, sweet summer child just unleashed their first web crawler on an unsuspecting server and has THE AUDACITY to wonder if it's a DDoS attack! Honey, your little butterfly of code isn't bringing down anyone's infrastructure—it's like showing up to a tank battle with a water pistol and asking if you're committing war crimes! The server is just sitting there, barely noticing your crawler's gentle tickle while you're over here worried you've committed the digital equivalent of arson. PLEASE, the drama of it all! Next you'll be worried your "Hello World" program is hacking the Pentagon! 💀

Tell Me You Took Down Production

Devops Git Programming Debugging

1 month ago 108.5K views 0 shares

The classic "I broke production and nobody noticed yet" panic. That moment when you push a change at 4:59 PM Friday, realize something's wrong, and frantically fix it before anyone discovers your crime. The server's down but your poker face is strong. "Just routine maintenance!" you lie through your teeth while sweating bullets and praying to the git gods that your rollback works. Meanwhile, your boss smiles, blissfully unaware that you nearly sent the company back to the stone age 3 minutes ago.

It's Always DNS

Networking Devops Programming Linux Debugging

2 months ago 143.0K views 0 shares

The eternal IT support battle in five acts: Angry admin: "THIS IS NOT A DNS ISSUE!" Smug dev: "I CAN PING 8.8.8.8" (Google's DNS server, the universal "is my internet working?" test) Admin, veins popping: "THEN YOUR INTERNET WORKS!" Dev, confused: "I CAN'T PING GOOGLE.COM" Admin, having a stroke: "STOP BLAMING DNS FOR YOUR PROBLEMS" Narrator: It was, in fact, a DNS issue.

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