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Justice For EU Residents!!!
Programming
14 hours ago 55.3K views 0 shares
Justice For EU Residents!!!
That crushing moment when you discover an awesome software giveaway on r/pcmasterrace only to find the dreaded "US Residents Only" fine print. European devs get to build the software but can't win the free licenses. The digital equivalent of seeing a buffet through a restaurant window while starving. Next they'll tell us Stack Overflow karma can't be exchanged for healthcare either.

McCafé Won't Fix Your McVirus
Security Windows Debugging
1 day ago 51.1K views 0 shares
McCafé Won't Fix Your McVirus
The ultimate case of mistaken identity! This person confused McDonald's McCafé coffee with McAfee antivirus software and is genuinely upset their computer still has viruses after buying coffee. It's like trying to fix your car by eating a wrench. Next up: buying Apple products to keep doctors away and installing Windows to improve home ventilation. The desperate cry of "I buy your product & my PC still has virus" is peak tech support nightmare fuel—somewhere a McAfee engineer is screaming into their actual coffee.

True Excel Expertise Is Measured In Hatred
Microsoft Windows Programming
2 days ago 68.5K views 0 shares
True Excel Expertise Is Measured In Hatred
The universal truth of Excel expertise: the more you know, the more you despise it. Nothing says "power user" like the burning hatred that comes from understanding Excel's dark corners. The HR person immediately recognizes this as advanced proficiency—because only someone who's spent years wrestling with VLOOKUP failures and circular reference errors could harbor such authentic resentment.

The McAfee Hostage Situation
Security Windows
6 days ago 64.6K views 0 shares
The McAfee Hostage Situation
The AUDACITY of McAfee antivirus! First it barges into your computer like an uninvited relative, then it has the NERVE to become the very threat it swore to destroy! 💀 It's the digital equivalent of hiring a bodyguard who follows you around screaming "DANGER! DANGER!" while simultaneously pickpocketing you and eating all your snacks. Your CPU is literally BEGGING for mercy while McAfee decides your computer isn't running slow enough yet. And the uninstall process? Honey, that's not an uninstall—that's a hostage negotiation with your own hardware! 🙄

Dell Makes 100% Sure You Know What It Means To Remove Their Software
Windows Microsoft
7 days ago 59.3K views 1 shares
Dell Makes 100% Sure You Know What It Means To Remove Their Software
Dell's uninstaller is treating you like you've never encountered the concept of deletion before. "Click Remove to remove" followed by "this program will no longer be available for use" is the software equivalent of explaining that water is wet. The dramatic movie scene below perfectly captures the existential crisis one experiences when faced with such profound wisdom. It's like Dell thinks we might believe uninstalling their software merely sends it on vacation to the Bahamas rather than, you know, actually removing it from existence. Next they'll add a warning that says "Breathing is recommended for continued survival."

I Should Stay Away From His Cars And Rockets
Programming AI
14 days ago 76.9K views 1 shares
I Should Stay Away From His Cars And Rockets
The classic Dunning-Kruger effect in its natural habitat. When someone's outside your domain, you nod along with the crowd. But the moment they step into your territory? The emperor's new clothes suddenly look like a Halloween costume from the dollar store. Every dev who's had to sit through a non-technical CEO's "revolutionary" ideas about coding knows this feeling. "Let's rewrite everything in a new language!" Sure, and let's also replace oxygen with cotton candy while we're at it. Trust me, if someone's software takes are garbage, their self-driving cars probably aren't making the best runtime decisions either.

Faster, But At What Cost?
AI Devops Agile Programming
16 days ago 70.9K views 0 shares
Faster, But At What Cost?
Oh. My. God. The AUDACITY of this comparison! 💀 Left side: One single, straight, boring track that takes FIVE HOURS of your precious life to build an app the old-fashioned way. Just you, your coffee, and your tears. Straight to destination despair. Right side: A CHAOTIC MASTERPIECE of tracks going in sixty different directions that somehow delivers your app in FIVE MINUTES with AI agents. Sure, you have absolutely no idea where those tracks lead, what data they're collecting, or if your app will suddenly decide to become sentient and overthrow humanity. But hey! It's 60x faster! Who needs control when you can have SPEED? Just don't ask what's happening in those mysterious junction boxes. The complexity is the feature, darling! 💅

Frontend Vs. Backend
Backend Webdev Programming Debugging Frontend
16 days ago 104.2K views 0 shares
Frontend Vs. Backend
The MGM lion is the perfect mascot for web development. On the frontend, you've got this majestic, polished beast roaring confidently at users. Flip to the backend and it's just some poor exhausted dev sprawled across a table with their code running upside down and backwards. The backend is where dreams and clean architecture go to die, but hey—at least the users get to see a pretty lion! Ten years in the industry and I still can't tell if I'm the lion or the guy face-planted on the keyboard. Probably depends on the sprint.

Debugging Goes Brrrrr
Debugging Programming Testing
17 days ago 101.4K views 0 shares
Debugging Goes Brrrrr
THE ABSOLUTE TRAGEDY of debugging summed up in one perfect metaphor! 😭 You start with a simple bug, thinking "I'll fix this in 5 minutes" and SUDDENLY you're 17 layers deep in some unholy code abyss, sobbing into your keyboard at 2PM on a Tuesday while your coffee gets cold! The emotional damage is REAL! And just like chopping onions, each layer you peel reveals another reason to question your career choices and possibly your will to live. It's not a bug hunt—it's psychological warfare against your own sanity!

Epic Games Login In A Nutshell
Gamedev Security Programming
18 days ago 85.9K views 0 shares
Epic Games Login In A Nutshell
The eternal struggle of gaming platform authentication! Steam's session tokens are like diamonds - they last forever. You can abandon your PC for months, come back, and Steam's like "welcome back old friend!" Meanwhile, Epic Games Launcher treats your login credentials like they're written in disappearing ink. Two days away? "I've never met this man in my life." Their token expiration must be set to approximately 37 minutes. It's the digital equivalent of your grandmother forgetting who you are despite seeing you last weekend. The security engineer who configured Epic's token timeout was clearly traumatized by a session hijacking in a previous life. Or maybe they just really enjoy watching users type their passwords over and over and over again...

Razer Software Is So Impatient
Windows Networking Hardware
18 days ago 86.0K views 0 shares
Razer Software Is So Impatient
Left side: "Installing 40%. Please keep your computer on and plugged in. Your computer may restart a few times." Right side: "SERVER ACCESS UNAVAILABLE. Please check your network connection." Ah yes, Razer software—simultaneously demanding you stay connected while also failing to connect itself. It's like your coworker who insists on a meeting but never shows up. Schrödinger's installer: both installing and not installing until you observe the error message.

Things Change, Don't They
Gamedev Unity Programming
23 days ago 76.7K views 0 shares
Things Change, Don't They
Ah, the classic bait and switch of career aspirations! You start with dreams of crafting the next Skyrim, then discover game devs work 80-hour crunch weeks for the privilege of being laid off after launch. But somehow in that hellscape, you accidentally fall in love with the craft itself. It's like going to a restaurant for the steak but staying for the bread basket. The gaming industry chewed you up, but at least you got a marketable skill that lets you build CRUD apps for insurance companies at reasonable hours!