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Me Hiding From Team After DB Change

16 hours ago 134.2K views 1 shares

That moment when you realize your database migration just turned production into a testing playground. The cat clinging to the wall represents your desperate attempt to avoid the Dobermans (your team) who are about to discover why the customer portal suddenly shows test data. Pro tip: Always triple-check your connection string before hitting that magical "execute" button. Your career longevity might depend on it. The best part? The inevitable Slack message: "Hey, quick question... why does our CEO's account show a balance of $0.01?"

USB C? You Mean USA C?

Hardware Programming

11 days ago 150.4K views 0 shares

The search engine just casually autocorrecting "usb c" to "usa c" is the perfect metaphor for American exceptionalism in tech. Like that one coworker who insists their homegrown solution is better than industry standards. "Why use universal standards when we can make our own proprietary thing that works with exactly nothing else?" Ten years of engineering experience has taught me that standardization is just a theoretical concept somewhere between unicorns and proper documentation.

Nowhere Is Safe From The Cloud

AWS Devops Programming Cloud

12 days ago 199.1K views 1 shares

So apparently even the men's room runs on cloud infrastructure now. When AWS goes down, so does your ability to go... down. The ultimate proof that we've over-engineered society: your bathroom privileges are now hostage to Jeff Bezos' server farms. Next time your product manager asks "can we move this to the cloud?", show them this picture of biological functions being denied due to digital dysfunction. At least the bathroom has better error messaging than most AWS status dashboards.

Microsoft's AI-Powered Self-Destruction

Microsoft AI Windows Programming Debugging

14 days ago 261.8K views 1 shares

The Grim Reaper of tech strikes again! Microsoft proudly announces 30% of their code is AI-generated, only to immediately follow it up with a Windows 11 update that breaks localhost of all things. For non-devs, localhost (127.0.0.1) is literally your own computer—the digital equivalent of forgetting how to talk to yourself. It's like bragging about your fancy new robot chef right before it sets your kitchen on fire. The "mass uninstall workaround" is just chef's kiss perfection—nothing says "quality software" like "have you tried turning it off permanently?"

Microsoft Is Wild

Microsoft Windows Programming

29 days ago 101.1K views 0 shares

Microsoft's business strategy in a nutshell: Why make sensible decisions when you can just keep drawing cards until you have a whole deck of half-baked ideas? From Windows Vista to Clippy, from Zune to Windows Phone, Microsoft has mastered the art of choosing "draw 25" over making good business decisions. They'll launch sixteen different messaging apps before fixing the one that actually works. The funniest part? They're still somehow worth trillions. Maybe chaos is actually their business strategy. 4D UNO chess.

When Your Private Key Is Public

Security Networking Programming

1 month ago 206.4K views 0 shares

When your private key is just a Lady Gaga tweet from 2012. Somewhere a security engineer is having a heart attack right now. Nothing says "military-grade encryption" like random characters from a pop star's keyboard smash that's been publicly available for over a decade. Next up in cybersecurity innovations: using your cat's walking pattern across your keyboard as your password hash.

Death By Windows Update

Microsoft AI Hardware Windows Programming

1 month ago 251.4K views 0 shares

Looks like Microsoft found a way to make the Grim Reaper redundant! First, they proudly announce that 30% of their code is now AI-generated, then their Windows 11 update decides SSDs should retire early. Nothing says "cutting-edge technology" quite like cutting the lifespan of your storage devices. Perhaps the AI misunderstood "planned obsolescence" as a feature, not a bug? Next update might just include a digital coffin for your entire system. At least now we know what KB stands for in those update codes - "Killing Bytes."

Everything Is Down (Thanks AI)

AI Programming Debugging Cloud

1 month ago 244.6K views 0 shares

The duality of Google's AI strategy in its full glory! Upper text: "25% of new Google code is AI-generated." Lower graph: "Massive spike in Google outages." That red spike isn't just a graph—it's the visualization of what happens when your AI autocompletes semicolons with emojis and replaces error handling with "try { } catch (e) { // TODO: fix later lol }". Correlation doesn't imply causation... but that spike is suspiciously vertical right when the AI started writing production code. Coincidence? I think not!

Slurpee.exe Has Stopped Working

Debugging Hardware Windows Programming Linux

2 months ago 199.6K views 0 shares

OH. MY. GOD. The slurpee machine is literally having an existential crisis right now! Instead of serving up that sweet, sweet Mountain Dew, it's spewing out raw BIOS errors like it's having the digital equivalent of food poisoning! 💀 That error dump is the machine's way of screaming "I CANNOT EVEN RIGHT NOW!" The caption is pure gold - "bro I'm getting the BIOS flavor" - as if the machine decided debugging itself was more important than quenching someone's thirst. Honestly, I'd pay extra for a cup of pure, unfiltered computer anxiety. For the uninitiated: BIOS (Basic Input/Output System) is the firmware that runs when you first boot up a computer. Seeing it on a slurpee machine means something has gone CATASTROPHICALLY wrong. It's like ordering a coffee and watching the barista have a complete mental breakdown instead.

Microsoft Is A Corporation That Turns Into Windows 11 Update KB5063878

Microsoft AI Hardware Windows Programming

2 months ago 286.3K views 1 shares

Microsoft Is A Corporation That Turns Into Windows 11 Update KB5063878

So Microsoft brags about 30% of their code being AI-generated, then pushes an update that kills your SSD. Coincidence? I think not. This is what happens when you let GitHub Copilot write your disk I/O routines. Next update will probably require a blood sacrifice and your firstborn child just to boot up. Remember when updates just fixed things instead of creating exciting new problems? Those were the days...

Bugs Are Progress

AI Devops Ios Programming Debugging

2 months ago 228.0K views 0 shares

OH MY GOD, LOOK AT THAT CHART! Grok with 25 updates while everyone else is barely crawling with 2-3? Honey, that's not "evolving faster" – that's the digital equivalent of throwing spaghetti at the wall and seeing what sticks! 💅 When your app needs TWENTY-FIVE updates in two weeks, you're not winning the AI race – you're winning the "our first version was a catastrophic dumpster fire" award! The rest of those companies are just sitting there like "maybe test before release?" But who has time for that when you're busy being REVOLUTIONARY?! The absolute DRAMA of bragging about how many times you had to fix your broken toy. Next up: "My car is the fastest because I've replaced the engine 25 times this month!"

Idk What To Do With These Interns Anymore

Networking Security Devops Hardware

2 months ago 161.0K views 0 shares

Idk What To Do With These Interns Anymore

When the senior dev says "set up the network switch" and the intern takes it literally . Nothing says "enterprise-grade infrastructure" quite like a switch duct-taped to the ceiling with cables dangling like some avant-garde IT installation art. The blinking lights add that special touch of "it's technically working so don't touch it." Five years later, this temporary solution will still be running production traffic while documented in the company wiki as "ceiling network node alpha."

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