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Small Talk? Best I Can Do Is Complaining About Microsoft
Microsoft Windows Programming
2 hours ago 32.0K views 0 shares
Small Talk? Best I Can Do Is Complaining About Microsoft
When someone asks "How's your day going?" and you're a developer working with Microsoft products. The absolute pinnacle of social interaction for tech workers - skipping weather chat and diving straight into a 45-minute rant about how Edge keeps reinstalling itself after updates, Teams is eating your RAM for breakfast, and Windows Update decided 3PM on a Thursday was the PERFECT time to restart your machine mid-deployment. Small talk? Nah, let me tell you about my toxic relationship with Microsoft instead.

Still A Dream After All These Years
Linux Devops Bash Programming Debugging
11 hours ago 47.5K views 0 shares
Still A Dream After All These Years
Twelve years and counting, and Linux installations remain the tech equivalent of playing Russian roulette with your sanity. Nothing quite matches the spiritual journey of watching a terminal spew 47 cryptic error messages because you dared to install a PDF reader. The dream of a seamless Linux installation continues to be just that—a dream. Meanwhile, dependency hell has become our permanent address and "it works on my machine" remains the most devastating lie in computing.

What Canisay
Linux Security Devops Programming
1 day ago 73.7K views 0 shares
What Canisay
That moment when your computer treats you like a stranger in your own home. Nothing says "digital betrayal" quite like being denied access to folders you created on your machine because apparently Windows thinks you're some kind of digital peasant. Meanwhile, the System Admin account is living it up with VIP access to everything like it owns the place. The ultimate power move? Having to give yourself permission to access your own files. It's like needing to show ID to enter your own bathroom.

When Your Dog Does No Take Only Throw
Programming Debugging
5 days ago 73.1K views 0 shares
When Your Dog Does No Take Only Throw
The classic Windows shutdown standoff! Just like a stubborn dog that refuses to give back the ball but wants you to keep throwing, Windows is playing the ultimate game of "no take, only throw" with your shutdown request. You politely ask it to close, and it's like "nah, I've got this ONE app that's super important" (spoiler: it's probably just Notepad with a blank document). The blue screen of death's friendlier cousin is basically saying "I'll shut down when I'm good and ready, human." And we all know clicking "Shut down anyway" is the digital equivalent of yanking the ball from the dog's mouth - there will be consequences!

Wonder Why It Was Removed
Programming Agile Debugging
7 days ago 49.9K views 0 shares
Wonder Why It Was Removed
The eternal truth of software development. Product managers be like "Let's remove that useful feature nobody asked for" and suddenly users are storming the gates with pitchforks. Twenty years in this industry and I've seen more "bug fixes" that were actually feature removals than actual bug fixes. The worst part? Six months later they'll reintroduce the same feature as "revolutionary new functionality" in their premium tier. Classic corporate gaslighting at its finest.

Prompt Engineering Is The Future
AI Programming Debugging
12 days ago 76.3K views 1 shares
Prompt Engineering Is The Future
Ah, the beautiful dance of prompt engineering! This is what happens when you try to get an AI to generate a specific movie scene but keep hitting content policy walls. The user starts with a simple request for a Samuel L. Jackson meme, and watches in horror as the AI keeps multiplying characters with each attempt like it's running some bizarre cloning experiment. This is basically modern programming in 2024 - spending hours trying to phrase your request juuuust right so the AI doesn't hallucinate an entire cast reunion when you just wanted one angry dude with a gun. The final result? A perfect example of how "prompt engineering" is just fancy talk for "begging the computer to do what you actually want instead of what it thinks you want."

Fk Microsoft
Programming Security Microsoft Windows Testing
13 days ago 94.4K views 1 shares
Fk Microsoft
This meme perfectly captures the eternal struggle between Microsoft and its increasingly irritated users. Microsoft issues a "recall" for a feature nobody asked for (random screenshots), users collectively scream "NO THANKS," and then Microsoft just sneakily reintroduces it with the next update anyway. It's the corporate equivalent of a toddler waiting until you're not looking to eat the crayon you just took away. The cycle of Microsoft ignoring user feedback is so predictable it should come with its own weather forecast: "Today's outlook - 100% chance of unwanted features with a high probability of forced restarts."