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When Programmers Try To Date
Programming Linux Backend
7 days ago 64.3K views 0 shares
When Programmers Try To Date
When asked about an ideal first date, most people think dinner or coffee. But programmers? They think Unix Epoch - January 1st, 1970, 00:00:00 UTC. That's not a romantic evening, that's literally timestamp zero in computing. No wonder we're all single - we interpret "date" as a data type, not a social activity. Seven billion people on this planet and we're out here flirting with time standards.

Lines Of Code Vs. Instructions: The Great Translation
Programming Webdev Frontend
11 days ago 85.0K views 0 shares
Lines Of Code Vs. Instructions: The Great Translation
The eternal perspective gap between developers and normal humans. Developer is thrilled about 10,000 lines of code while the non-coder is impressed by "10,000 instructions." Neither understands why the other cares, but they're both smiling by the end because sometimes it's easier to pretend you're on the same page than explain why your HTML div tag is actually a work of art.

The App Idea Ambush
Programming Webdev
18 days ago 79.1K views 1 shares
The App Idea Ambush
Nothing ruins a casual catch-up faster than the dreaded "So I have this app idea..." moment. It's that special hell where you're suddenly trapped between honesty ("your idea already exists in 47 different apps") and friendship ("sounds revolutionary, buddy!"). Every developer knows the pain of becoming an impromptu technical consultant the moment someone discovers what you do for a living. The worst part? They always think their idea is worth billions, but the payment offer is "exposure" and "equity" in their non-existent startup. Next time, just say you're a professional mime.

Touch Grass: Command Not Found
Bash MacOS Programming Linux Debugging
20 days ago 83.1K views 0 shares
Touch Grass: Command Not Found
When your non-programmer friend suggests "going outside" as if that's a real solution to debugging, so you maliciously comply by running Unix commands on your Mac. The terminal doesn't care about your social deficiencies - it just tells you there's no such file as "grass". Typical. Now you're back to square one with a syntax error and vitamin D deficiency.

So I Am Not The Only One!
AI Programming
23 days ago 91.0K views 0 shares
So I Am Not The Only One!
The eternal struggle of being the tech person at a social gathering. There you are, trying to enjoy dinner with your spouse when suddenly their friends ambush you with questions about some obscure tech they heard about on a podcast. DeepSeek-R1 is actually a large language model (like ChatGPT's cousin), but to non-tech people, it might as well be alien technology. Meanwhile, your spouse has seen this movie before and knows exactly how the next hour of conversation will go—you reluctantly explaining machine learning concepts while your food gets cold. Ten years in the industry and I'm still the default tech support/explainer at every gathering. The dog represents my inner self—just wanting to be petted and fed treats instead of discussing transformer architectures over appetizers.

When Array Indexing Destroys Your Social Life
Programming Algorithms
25 days ago 58.9K views 0 shares
When Array Indexing Destroys Your Social Life
The eternal sin of the MATLAB programmer. Nothing screams "I'm about to ruin this friend group's day" like casually dropping that you index from 1 instead of 0. Non-MATLAB programmers look at you like you've just admitted to putting pineapple on code pizza. The social damage is irreversible - you're now forever branded as "that weirdo who starts counting at 1." No party invitation will ever feel the same again. The MATLAB logo at the bottom is basically the programming equivalent of a crime scene marker.

I Have This Idea And You Are A Developer
Programming Webdev Frontend Backend
25 days ago 90.2K views 0 shares
I Have This Idea And You Are A Developer
The five stages of being ambushed with an app idea: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and finally reaching for your beer while contemplating how many "million-dollar ideas" you've heard this month alone. Friends somehow believe coding is just typing random characters until an app appears. Bonus points if they offer "exposure" as payment or say "it's like Uber but for [literally anything]." Most developers have mastered the art of the thousand-yard stare while mentally calculating how many weekends this conversation is about to cost them.

Don't Try It: The IT-Architect Dating Disaster
Programming Devops Backend Cloud
1 month ago 77.0K views 0 shares
Don't Try It: The IT-Architect Dating Disaster
Oh. My. GOD! The absolute TRAGEDY of every IT professional's social life! 😭 You think you're impressing someone with your fancy "architect" title, only to watch their excitement PLUMMET into the abyss when you add those fatal two letters: "IT-". The disappointment is so palpable you could build a data center with it! One minute they're imagining you designing the next Burj Khalifa, the next they realize you're just the person who tells everyone to "try turning it off and on again." THE HORROR!

Say Hi In Your Language
Programming C++ Debugging
1 month ago 97.2K views 0 shares
Say Hi In Your Language
When someone asks you to say "hi" in your mother language and you respond with a C++ code snippet... This is peak programmer energy! The person literally speaks in code, treating C++ as their native tongue. I bet they dream in algorithms and have debugging nightmares. This is what happens when you spend more time with compilers than with actual humans. Their social skills might be deprecated, but their syntax is impeccable!