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Who Turned Off Transaction Logging To Save Space?

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Who Turned Off Transaction Logging To Save Space?

THE AUDACITY! Some absolute MANIAC turned off transaction logging to "save space" and now the entire database team is having a collective meltdown! 💀 It's like removing your car's brakes to make it lighter - technically correct but CATASTROPHICALLY stupid! Without transaction logs, you might as well write your data on Post-its and throw them into a hurricane. Hope everyone enjoyed having recoverable data because that ship has SAILED, darling! Database recovery? More like database PRAYER at this point! ✨

Promise It Was Test Db

Databases Devops Programming Debugging Testing

17 hours ago 125.6K views 0 shares

Funny how reputation works in tech. Deploy a thousand flawless builds? Nobody remembers. Accidentally run that DROP TABLE script on production instead of the test environment just one time ? Suddenly it's your new middle name at the company. Your tombstone will probably read "Here lies the person who brought down the payment system during Black Friday 2023." The database team still has a cardboard cutout of your face with a red X through it.

Database Relations Before Human Relations

Databases Programming Backend

1 day ago 165.0K views 0 shares

Database Relations Before Human Relations

When your date asks about relationships but your brain immediately jumps to database cardinality. Sure, I could tell you about my ex, OR I could explain the subtle differences between one-to-many and many-to-many table associations! The look of confusion when you start drawing ER diagrams on napkins instead of writing down your phone number. Dating tip: maybe save the normalization lecture for the second date.

Offensive SQL: The Morning Data Massacre

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10 days ago 160.7K views 0 shares

Offensive SQL: The Morning Data Massacre

Nothing quite like watching a new analyst's soul leave their body when they see a database at 7am on Monday morning. Then someone hands them a SQL query that's basically asking to see everyone's private data. That look of horror says it all - welcome to data analytics, kid, where ethics and sleep schedules go to die.

The Things People Ask Google For

Databases Programming

10 days ago 160.3K views 0 shares

Google's reaction when you type "anal" vs "analyze table postgres" is the perfect representation of developer life. That moment when you're frantically typing technical queries at work and stop mid-word... The sheer panic as you realize what autocomplete might suggest to your coworkers walking by. We've all been there—frantically backspacing before someone notices, praying to the demo gods that your screen isn't being shared. Database administration has never been so... risky.

You've Seen AI Generated Code, Now Get Ready For AI Generated Images Of Code

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10 days ago 192.5K views 0 shares

You've Seen AI Generated Code, Now Get Ready For AI Generated Images Of Code

Ah yes, the pinnacle of AI evolution: generating code that looks real but is completely non-functional. This masterpiece features "coast" instead of "const", a magical "YIMENT" primary key, and my personal favorite - "ortetocatiem" as a variable. It's like someone fed a neural network a programming textbook and a bottle of tequila. The best part is some poor junior dev will probably try to debug this for hours before realizing they've been bamboozled by an AI hallucination.

Un-Breakable Auth (Because It's Already Broken)

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14 days ago 167.7K views 0 shares

Un-Breakable Auth (Because It's Already Broken)

Behold, the digital equivalent of leaving your front door wide open with a neon sign saying "ROBBERS WELCOME!" This masterpiece of security features: Fetching ALL user records into memory (because who needs efficiency?) Comparing passwords in plain text (encryption is overrated anyway) That magnificent if ("true" === "true") statement that always evaluates to true, making the function return false regardless of authentication success Setting a cookie that expires in 1 second (hope you type fast!) Hackers don't even need to try with this one. They can just wait for the inevitable security breach to happen on its own. It's like watching a car crash in slow motion, except the car is your entire user database.

The Elephant In The Room

Databases Devops Programming Backend

19 days ago 116.6K views 0 shares

You're just trying to make coffee before your first meeting when suddenly PostgreSQL barges into your kitchen like an elephant. Nothing says "Monday morning" quite like database evangelists finding you at your most vulnerable moment. Sure, I'd love to discuss your superior indexing capabilities and ACID compliance while I'm still trying to remember if I put on deodorant today.

You Want To Edit That Field?

Databases Programming Debugging Backend

19 days ago 102.9K views 0 shares

SWEET MERCIFUL DATABASE GODS! Your boss splurges on DataGrip (a fancy database tool) thinking you'll suddenly become a SQL wizard, but the reality? The software crashes faster than my will to live during a production outage! It's the classic corporate solution - throw expensive software at problems instead of fixing the actual database architecture that's held together with duct tape and prayers. The audacity of hoping a premium tool will magically fix years of technical debt! Meanwhile you're sitting there watching the spinning wheel of death while trying to edit ONE. SIMPLE. FIELD. 💀

Select * From Art Where Creativity = Null

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20 days ago 144.4K views 0 shares

Select * From Art Where Creativity = Null

Ah yes, the classic "SQL" - Select Query Language interface for AI art generation. Just like SQL lets you select data from databases with minimal effort, these AI generators let you "select" artistic styles with equally minimal creativity. Behold the artistic process reduced to dropdown menus! Why spend years mastering painting techniques when you can just "SELECT (626)" from photographers? It's the perfect intersection of database queries and creative expression - both equally soulless when automated. The irony of unsubscribing from an art account to generate the same art yourself isn't lost on me. It's like firing your plumber after they show you where the wrench is.

The Three Dragons Of SQL Pronunciation

Databases Programming

26 days ago 136.8K views 0 shares

The eternal database holy war visualized as three dragons. "SQL" (pronounced like "sequel") is the menacing one, "SEQUEL" (the actual word) is the terrifying one, and "SQUEAL" (like a pig sound) is the derpy one with its tongue out. After 15 years in the industry, I've stopped correcting people. Say it however you want - the database will still ignore your perfectly crafted query and throw a syntax error anyway.

When Your Dinner Query Returns NULL

Databases Programming Debugging Testing Backend

27 days ago 127.7K views 0 shares

Looks like someone tried to order dinner but got served a SQL error instead. The database is having an existential crisis about whether hot chips and gravy actually exist. That's the universe telling you to cook at home tonight. The irony of an app designed to feed you that can't even feed itself the right data. Press OK to acknowledge your hunger will not be resolved programmatically.

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