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The Holy Grail Of CS Books

4 days ago 48.1K views 0 shares

Finding a CS book is like dating - there are plenty of options, but the perfect match is rare. First, you're just happy to find one that's not completely terrible. Then you discover it actually explains concepts with clarity instead of academic word salad. But when the author uses YOUR tech stack? That's like finding out your date also loves that obscure indie band you're obsessed with. And the final boss level? The author sprinkles in genuinely funny jokes between explaining binary trees. That red-hot explosion of joy is the exact face every developer makes when discovering their new programming bible doesn't read like it was written by a compiler.

The Perfect Tech Stack Acronym Fail

React Webdev AWS Javascript Programming

7 days ago 78.6K views 0 shares

The modern developer's nightmare spelled out in logos - RETARD : R eact, E xpress, T ailwind, A WS, R edis, D eno. Someone at marketing definitely got fired for not checking the acronym before approving this stack. Imagine the CTO's face during the presentation: "Our revolutionary RETARD stack will disrupt the industry!" *awkward silence* *single cough from the back row* The irony is that individually, these are actually decent technologies. Together? Career suicide in your next standup meeting.

What Is HR Even Checking?

Programming Devops

7 days ago 54.7K views 0 shares

The tech industry's greatest mystery: how someone who thinks "JavaScript" is a fancy coffee order gets hired with a higher salary than you. That awkward moment when your new coworker's technical interview must have consisted of "Do you know what a computer is?" "Yes." "HIRED! Here's a six-figure salary!" Nothing quite matches the existential crisis of discovering the person making 20% more than you thinks "Docker" is just a brand of khaki pants. The hiring algorithm seems to be: (buzzwords ÷ actual knowledge) × confidence = salary

The Ultimate Developer Nightmare

StackOverflow Webdev Programming Debugging

11 days ago 52.0K views 0 shares

The existential dread every developer knows too well! When your entire coding strategy is "someone smarter than me must have solved this already," encountering an unsolved problem is like finding out Santa isn't real. That moment when you've gone 47 pages deep into Google results, tried every obscure forum, and Stack Overflow has nothing but crickets. Suddenly you're faced with the horrifying prospect of having to... *gasp*... solve a problem using your own brain! The nuclear option of "just use a different tech stack" is both completely irrational and somehow totally reasonable to the sleep-deprived developer mind. Because clearly the problem isn't our approach—it's the entire technology that's wrong!

My Cache: Dictionary vs Redis Showdown

Programming Devops Databases Backend

11 days ago 66.5K views 1 shares

The eternal battle between junior and senior developers in one perfect frame. On the left, the panicked junior screaming about needing Redis for everything because they heard it's fast. On the right, the battle-hardened senior silently judging with that thousand-yard stare while implementing a simple Dictionary as cache. The beauty is in the simplicity—why spin up an entire Redis instance when a basic in-memory data structure will do? It's like bringing a tactical nuke to a pillow fight. The senior's face just screams "I've survived five framework rewrites and three CTOs who discovered microservices... your Redis enthusiasm doesn't impress me."

Nobody Knows Monkey C

php Webdev Rust Javascript Programming

13 days ago 86.0K views 0 shares

JavaScript gets all the love while C, Java, Rust, and others gang up on poor PHP. Then in the shadows, we find the true outcasts: another PHP developer and the mythical Monkey C programmer, sweating nervously because nobody even remembers they exist. The programming language hierarchy in one comic! JavaScript strutting around like it owns the web (it kinda does), while PHP gets bullied despite powering like 80% of the internet. And Monkey C? That's the language you put on your resume when you're hoping the interviewer is too embarrassed to admit they've never heard of it.

The Old Reliable Rule

Backend Webdev Javascript Programming Frontend

13 days ago 72.7K views 0 shares

Frontend devs mock backend folks for using plain JavaScript instead of the framework-du-jour, but secretly, we all know those vanilla JS backends have been running flawlessly for years while the frontend stack has been rewritten 17 times. That backend code written in 2014? Still chugging along without a hiccup. Meanwhile, the frontend team is busy migrating from React to Vue to Svelte to whatever shiny new framework dropped last Tuesday. Sometimes boring technology is the most reliable. And deep down, we're all a little jealous of that stability.

A Small Project With Big Ambitions

Webdev Devops Programming Databases Frontend

15 days ago 109.4K views 0 shares

The perfect visualization of scope creep in web development! What starts as a cute little kid wanting a few technologies (MongoDB, Redis, Angular) turns into a database apocalypse. First frame: "I only need 5 requests per minute!" Second frame: "Just a few tables with hundreds of records!" By the final frame, this innocent project has transformed into a resource-devouring monster with Oracle, Hadoop, and every framework under the sun strapped to it, terrorizing the server playground while screaming "MAKE WAY LOSERS! I'M ABOUT TO PROCESS MY 5 USERS!" The irony of overengineering a solution that serves practically no one is just *chef's kiss*. It's that side project that started with "I'll just use a simple stack" and somehow ended up with Kubernetes.

Be Honest With Yourself

Programming Devops Agile Backend

16 days ago 75.5K views 0 shares

Developers staring at a bottle labeled "Hard to swallow pills" while refusing to accept that good software is often boring and technologically uninteresting. We'd rather build overcomplicated monstrosities with seventeen microservices and blockchain integration than admit the best solution might be a simple CRUD app with proper documentation. The real 10x engineer is the one who picks the boring, reliable solution and goes home at 5pm.

Backend 🤝 Frontend

Backend Webdev Javascript Programming Frontend

19 days ago 85.8K views 0 shares

The unholy alliance of web development, visualized perfectly. Two bikes duct-taped together in the middle—just like how REST APIs connect our systems with the same level of engineering elegance. The backend sits there, functional but boring, while the frontend gets all the flashy colors and drinks juice boxes. And yet somehow this monstrosity actually moves forward, which is frankly more than I can say for most sprint planning meetings.

The Grass Is Always Greener On The Other Language

Java Programming Python

20 days ago 74.3K views 0 shares

The Grass Is Always Greener On The Other Language

The programming language journey train has two very different passengers. Guy on the left is miserable learning Java while seeing Python jobs everywhere. Guy on the right is happily learning Python while surrounded by Java job postings. It's the classic "grass is always greener" syndrome that haunts every developer's career. No matter which tech stack you choose, you'll always feel like you picked the wrong one when scrolling through job boards. Ten years in the industry and I still can't decide if I should be learning Rust or holding onto my legacy C++ knowledge. Meanwhile the job market wants 10 years experience in a framework that was released last Tuesday.

Linkedin Moment

Programming AI Webdev React Javascript

21 days ago 98.7K views 0 shares

Ah, the classic LinkedIn clickbait switcheroo! Someone's proudly announcing their addiction to the "PORN stack" - which turns out to be P ostgreSQL, O penAI, R eact, and N ext.js. The perfect tech stack for your resume and guaranteed heart attacks for HR departments everywhere. Bonus points for the 703 reactions from developers who nearly spat out their coffee before realizing it's just another tech acronym. Job recruiters must be having a field day with their keyword searches!

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