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How To Work With Git (The Honest Version)
Git Devops Bash Programming Debugging
9 days ago 73.6K views 0 shares
How To Work With Git (The Honest Version)
The elegant theory vs brutal reality of Git in one perfect comic. First panel: "This is Git. It tracks collaborative work on projects through a beautiful distributed graph theory tree model." Second panel: "Cool. How do we use it?" Third panel: The devastating truth bomb: "NO IDEA. JUST MEMORIZE THESE SHELL COMMANDS AND TYPE THEM TO SYNC UP. IF YOU GET ERRORS, SAVE YOUR WORK ELSEWHERE, DELETE THE PROJECT, CLONE THE REPOSITORY, AND DOWNLOAD A FRESH COPY." Every developer nodding right now has definitely nuked a repository after seeing a merge conflict that looked like an encrypted alien message. We all pretend to understand Git's elegant theory, but when push comes to shove (pun intended), we're just typing incantations and praying to the version control gods.

We Make No Sense
Bash Programming Linux
23 days ago 100.3K views 0 shares
We Make No Sense
Telling someone to "pipe it to cat" is basically asking them to take their output and show it on screen, which is like saying "show me that thing" with extra Unix steps. The beauty is how we've normalized saying absolutely ridiculous phrases with complete seriousness. Non-programmers must think we're in some bizarre cult where we pipe things to cats and fork children while killing zombies and orphans. And honestly? They're not entirely wrong.

Linux Is Sexy
Linux Bash Programming
1 month ago 137.9K views 0 shares
Linux Is Sexy
The meme plays on the double meaning of Linux command names when strung together in a certain sequence. What looks like innocent terminal commands to a sysadmin (unzip, strip, touch, etc.) suddenly reads like a steamy romance novel when combined. This is what happens after 15 years of managing servers - you start seeing innuendo in perfectly innocent bash commands. And they wonder why we prefer the command line to GUI interfaces... Next time your non-tech friend asks what you do all day, just show them this command sequence. Either they'll never ask again or they'll suddenly want a career in Linux administration.