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Maybe We Can Add That In The Next Sprint
Agile Webdev Programming Debugging Testing
7 days ago 98.5K views 0 shares
Maybe We Can Add That In The Next Sprint
The classic software development hierarchy of attention! While developers lovingly cradle shiny new features like a precious baby, documentation and testing are barely kept afloat, gasping for air. Meanwhile, accessibility, internationalization, and localization? Those poor souls have been dead at the bottom of the ocean since the project kickoff meeting. Product managers be like: "We'll definitely prioritize i18n in the next sprint!" *Narrator voice*: They did not, in fact, prioritize it in the next sprint.

Will Be Fun They Said
Programming Devops Agile Debugging Testing
11 days ago 111.0K views 0 shares
Will Be Fun They Said
The recruiter's slideshow vs your actual sprint planning meeting. Top image: "Look at our amazing collaborative environment and ping-pong tables!" Bottom image: "Day 3 of trying to fix that legacy codebase with zero documentation while the deadline approaches and management keeps adding features." Nothing prepares you for the moment you realize your shiny new job is actually just rowing in the galley of a sinking ship.

Roll Three D100 For Story Points
Agile Devops Programming
12 days ago 162.5K views 0 shares
Roll Three D100 For Story Points
Task estimation in software development is basically just high-stakes gambling with your career. "Shouldn't take long" is the biggest lie in tech, right after "we value work-life balance." The range between "an hour and 11 months" perfectly captures that moment when you know the requirements are vague, the codebase is a nightmare, and three different managers are asking for status updates. Meanwhile, the product owner is already telling clients it'll be done by Friday. Pure fiction, just like those story points we assign in sprint planning.

Expectations vs. Reality: The Project Lifecycle Tragedy
Programming Devops Agile Testing Frontend
20 days ago 132.2K views 1 shares
Expectations vs. Reality: The Project Lifecycle Tragedy
The AUDACITY of the universe to transform my MAGNIFICENT software architecture into... whatever that monstrosity is! 💀 Left side: My GLORIOUS initial design - elegant microservices, perfect documentation, seamless CI/CD pipeline... basically software PERFECTION incarnate. Right side: The horrifying REALITY after three sprints - a shopping cart grilling meat on a lawn. Basically what happens when deadlines, scope creep, and "just one more feature" collide in a spectacular dumpster fire of technical debt. I swear I had DIAGRAMS and everything! DIAGRAMS!!!

Stay Out Of My Territory
Frontend Webdev Agile React Programming
1 month ago 193.2K views 2 shares
Stay Out Of My Territory
The eternal territorial battle of the codebase has claimed another victim! Some ambitious "full-stack" dev thought they could just waltz in and grab a juicy frontend feature from the backlog without consulting the frontend tribe first. Classic rookie mistake. Meanwhile, the senior frontend dev—guardian of the CSS sacred lands and protector of the React realm—isn't having any of it. They've already passive-aggressively reassigned that JIRA ticket faster than you can say "npm install". The software manager watches in horror as another sprint planning devolves into a Breaking Bad-style turf war. Spoiler alert: nobody touches the frontend code without paying the React tax first!

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Just Keep Coding, We'll Fix It Later
Programming Devops Agile Debugging Testing
1 month ago 183.1K views 0 shares
Just Keep Coding, We'll Fix It Later
Construction workers building a completely misaligned brick wall is basically the software development lifecycle in one image. "Just keep coding. We can always fix it later" is the mantra that turns 2-week sprints into 6-month refactoring nightmares. The technical debt pictured here would make even the most optimistic project manager cry. But hey, at least it compiles.

Bingo Of Awful IT Processes
Agile Devops Programming Debugging Testing
1 month ago 196.7K views 0 shares
Bingo Of Awful IT Processes
OMG, the corporate hellscape bingo card that haunts my NIGHTMARES! 😱 Who needs horror movies when you've got "A call to discuss calls" and "Timetracker" lurking in your calendar? The sheer AUDACITY of "QA is not needed; just write code without bugs" has me SCREAMING into my ergonomic keyboard! And my personal favorite: "Finished the feature? It's not needed anymore, remove it" - because nothing says "I value your existence" like making your work COMPLETELY POINTLESS! This isn't just a bingo card, it's a documented cry for help from the trenches of software development where souls go to die and coffee becomes a life support system! 💀☕

Ship Now Fix Later
Programming Devops Agile Debugging
2 months ago 159.2K views 0 shares
Ship Now Fix Later
The eternal gap between developer ambition and project reality. You start with grand visions of clean architecture, beautiful abstractions, and perfectly modular code. Then the deadline hits, requirements change for the 17th time, and suddenly you're duct-taping spaghetti code together while muttering "we'll refactor later" for the fifth consecutive sprint. The luxury mansion represents that beautiful microservice architecture with 100% test coverage you designed in your head. The rusty shantytown is the actual monolith you've been maintaining since 2013 that somehow still runs the entire company despite being held together by Stack Overflow answers and prayers.

I Am Cooked
Agile Devops Programming
3 months ago 107.9K views 0 shares
I Am Cooked
That moment when your casual "yeah, I'll do it tomorrow" joke backfires spectacularly because your PM immediately updates the Jira ticket with a hard deadline. Suddenly your theoretical timeline becomes an official commitment, and your soul leaves your body as you realize you've played yourself. The panic sets in—you haven't even looked at the requirements doc, there's that weird legacy code you've been avoiding, and now it's officially due tomorrow. Congratulations, you've turned your harmless banter into a binding contract faster than you can say "git commit --amend".

Jira Doing Comedy
Agile Devops Programming
4 months ago 126.0K views 1 shares
Jira Doing Comedy
That warning message is Jira's passive-aggressive way of saying "I see you trying to sneak more work into this sprint. I'll allow it, but I'm legally required to inform you that your burndown chart is about to look like a ski jump to hell." Ten sprints in and we're still pretending scope creep isn't our team's official mascot.

It's A Feature Not A Bug
Programming Devops Agile Debugging Testing
4 months ago 111.8K views 0 shares
It's A Feature Not A Bug
The eternal cycle of software development: create problem → panic → solve problem → be hero. That wasp isn't just a bug, it's the embodiment of the manufactured emergencies we deal with daily. "Everyone is mad at you" until you swoop in to fix the very crisis your team created last sprint. Nothing gets funding approved faster than a good old-fashioned production meltdown that could've been avoided with proper planning. But hey, why build things properly when you can just keep the adrenaline flowing? Crisis-driven development: because who needs sleep or mental health when you have tight deadlines and impossible client expectations?

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Todo: Help Save Humanity And Marry The Tall Girl
Programming Webdev Agile
4 months ago 117.7K views 0 shares
Todo: Help Save Humanity And Marry The Tall Girl
Oh. My. GOD. The absolute AUDACITY of developers to put "save humanity" and "marry tall girl" on the SAME TODO list! 💀 Like honey, you can't even remember to remove those console.log() statements before pushing to production, but sure, SAVING THE ENTIRE HUMAN RACE is just another ticket in your Jira board. Right next to your anime-inspired romantic fantasies! The true tragedy is that both tasks will sit there for eternity, getting pushed to "next sprint" until the heat death of the universe. Just like that refactoring task from 2019. YOU KNOW THE ONE.