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Coding Is Not That Hard (I'll Master It By Next Tuesday)
Programming Devops AWS StackOverflow Databases
27 days ago 129.5K views 1 shares
Coding Is Not That Hard (I'll Master It By Next Tuesday)
Ah, the classic "I could learn your entire career in 9 days" delusion! Nothing screams Dunning-Kruger effect quite like someone claiming they could master APIs, databases, and AWS deployment infrastructure in just over a week. The perfect response from our hero: "An actual coder would not make this comment." Brutal, efficient, and absolutely correct. It's like watching someone claim they could become a brain surgeon after watching a YouTube tutorial. And then the cherry on top - the original poster doubling down with "I could learn in 8 or 9 days" while completely missing that running production systems requires experience no bootcamp can provide. Sure, buddy, and I'll be playing Carnegie Hall after a weekend with a piano app.

When Your Toilet Needs Wi-Fi To Flush
Iot Networking Security Programming Cloud
1 month ago 98.7K views 0 shares
When Your Toilet Needs Wi-Fi To Flush
The classic tale of "I told you so" but with toilets held hostage! Some genius company decided their smart toilets should have absolutely zero fallback mechanisms—because who needs to flush when the internet's down, right? This CTO is living every developer's revenge fantasy. After being forced to implement a design they knew was flawed, they get to watch the tech director panic as people literally can't flush their toilets without WiFi. The cherry on top? Those "Skynet mode" robot vacuums. Nothing says "I designed this properly" like your cleaning appliance becoming sentient during a server outage. This is why we put manual overrides on critical infrastructure, folks—unless you enjoy explaining to executives why they need a bucket to use their $5000 toilet.

The Code Demolition Expert Has Arrived
Programming Debugging Testing
1 month ago 102.2K views 0 shares
The Code Demolition Expert Has Arrived
The AUDACITY of this man declaring he'll remove 1.8 MILLION lines of spaghetti code like he's some divine code savior! 💀 Listen, honey, that legacy codebase has survived THREE team leads, FOURTEEN coffee machines, and approximately NINE THOUSAND deployments. It's not code at this point—it's an archaeological treasure that belongs in a museum! The new guy swaggering in with his refactoring dreams is about to learn that those tangled monstrosities are load-bearing nightmares holding the entire system together by sheer willpower and duct tape. Good luck explaining to clients why their precious features suddenly "took a vacation" because you thought you understood what that 2013 uncommented function was doing!

Just Vibe Code It Dummy
Programming Devops Agile Backend
1 month ago 77.8K views 0 shares
Just Vibe Code It Dummy
Ah, the classic "let's rewrite decades of legacy code in a few months" fantasy! Some tech bro wants to speedrun refactoring millions of lines of COBOL that literally keeps grandma's checks flowing. Because nothing says "responsible software engineering" like treating Social Security's codebase like it's a weekend hackathon project. What could possibly go wrong? Just sprinkle some AI, blockchain, and "agile methodology" on that 60-year-old code and boom – fixed by Tuesday! Next up: rebuilding the entire Pentagon with Legos over a long weekend.

The Self-Image Crisis Of Developer Tools
Testing Webdev Programming Debugging Frontend
1 month ago 102.1K views 0 shares
The Self-Image Crisis Of Developer Tools
The duality of API testing tools is just *chef's kiss*. While normal developers see Postman as a simple wrench to fix API requests, Postman sees itself as the Apple of testing tools – complete with grandiose keynotes and revolutionary features nobody asked for. What started as a humble Chrome extension has evolved into a bloated ecosystem that requires 16GB of RAM just to send a GET request. Meanwhile, developers just want to check if their endpoint returns a 200 OK without having to join a cult. The irony? We're all still using it while complaining about it. Stockholm syndrome for developers.

Reminder Given The Musk Posts
Programming AI
2 months ago 107.3K views 0 shares
Reminder Given The Musk Posts
Ah, the classic "stay in your lane" principle taken to its logical conclusion! When someone who knows nothing about cars or rockets starts pontificating about software, it's like watching a toddler try to explain quantum physics. Every developer has that moment of clarity when a non-technical person with a god complex starts explaining how "AI just needs more if-else statements" or how "coding is just typing." The beautiful irony is that software is the one field where we can actually verify someone's genius (or lack thereof) with a simple code review. Suddenly all those "genius" credentials start looking like a Stack Overflow copy-paste job with syntax errors.