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The R/Gamedevelopment Starter Pack
Gamedev Unity Programming
15 hours ago 110.1K views 0 shares
The R/Gamedevelopment Starter Pack
Ah, the beautiful delusion of aspiring game developers on Reddit. A collage of clueless questions from people who think making the next Fortnite is just a weekend project away. After 15 years in the industry, I can confirm these are the same questions we've seen since the dawn of time: "What laptop should I buy?" (As if hardware is the barrier), "Should I quit my job?" (Yes, because indie game dev pays so well), and my personal favorite: "I'm making an MMO on the blockchain" (Translation: I have no idea what I'm doing but buzzwords sound cool). The harsh reality? The difference between asking "How do I learn game development?" and shipping a game is roughly 10,000 hours of soul-crushing work. But sure, a pacifier and a dream is all you need.

Instant Production Ready Code
Programming Devops Agile Debugging Testing
3 days ago 155.3K views 0 shares
Instant Production Ready Code
The meme brilliantly skewers "vibe coders" - those developers who code purely by intuition and vibes rather than solid engineering principles. The first three panels show elaborate stretching routines (cracking knuckles, neck rolls, leg stretches) as if preparing for an Olympic coding event. Then the punchline: their entire development methodology is just "Make no mistakes." Because obviously that's all you need for production code, right? Just... don't mess up! The filename "200k-mrr-startup-plz.md" is the cherry on top - implying this is someone's entire business plan for a startup hoping to hit $200K monthly recurring revenue. Who needs architecture documents when you can just... not make mistakes? 🤦‍♂️

The Full Stack Medical Miracle Worker
Programming Debugging Testing Frontend Backend
4 days ago 127.3K views 0 shares
The Full Stack Medical Miracle Worker
When your startup investor says "just code it" and suddenly you're expected to violate the laws of physics, medicine, and ethics simultaneously. The bearded programmer's thousand-yard stare says it all – somewhere between "I need stronger coffee" and "I should've become a farmer." This is basically the Theranos business model repackaged as a casual Slack request. Sure thing, boss! Let me just invent impossible medical technology between standup meetings while maintaining perfect code and definitely not committing securities fraud. No biggie!

It's Too Late For Me
Webdev Programming Frontend
13 days ago 116.0K views 0 shares
It's Too Late For Me
Ah, the classic tech industry paradox! Job listings demanding a decade of experience from people who've barely had time to learn how to tie their shoes. This baby's got the right idea—start cramming HTML before you can even form complete sentences. Next up on the reading list: "React for Toddlers" and "Kubernetes Before Kindergarten." The tech hiring market is so absurd that we're basically expecting fetuses to have contributed to open source projects. Should've started coding in the womb if you wanted that entry-level position!

It's Too Late For Me
Programming Webdev Javascript Frontend
14 days ago 183.0K views 0 shares
It's Too Late For Me
Ah yes, the classic tech job paradox: "Entry-level position: requires decade of experience." This baby's getting a head start on their career by diving into HTML before they can even form sentences. Next week they'll be building responsive websites, and by preschool, they'll be architecting enterprise solutions with 15 years of React experience (despite React only existing for 10). The tech industry's expectations are so reasonable that we're now forcing infants to skip crawling and go straight to coding. Cradle to keyboard pipeline is real.

The Six-Month Death March Promise
Programming Devops Agile
23 days ago 93.6K views 0 shares
The Six-Month Death March Promise
The eternal corporate time paradox strikes again. Junior dev's optimistic "Of course!" to a 6-month deadline sends the entire management chain into Harry Potter villain mode. The looks of horror aren't because they fear failure—they know exactly what's coming: 18 months of scope creep, burnout, and explaining to the CEO why "almost done" isn't actually done. The mentor's face says it all: "I tried to teach you estimation skills, but here we are." Meanwhile, the projector lady is already planning the PowerPoint for the inevitable project post-mortem.

The Fullstack Inferno: One Developer To Rule Them All
Programming Webdev Devops Javascript Frontend
1 month ago 180.6K views 0 shares
The Fullstack Inferno: One Developer To Rule Them All
The fullstack developer myth has reached biblical proportions! Some sadistic job poster decided one developer should handle everything from designing pretty buttons to managing database clusters while fighting off demons from the infrastructure hell. Meanwhile, the rest of us mere mortals are still trying to center a div without breaking something else. Whoever invented this "do-everything" role deserves a special place in that fiery pit – probably debugging legacy PHP while simultaneously optimizing Kubernetes configs.

I Can Build My Own ChatGPT For $750
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1 month ago 155.4K views 0 shares
I Can Build My Own ChatGPT For $750
OMFG, the absolute DELUSION! 💀 Someone thinks they can build ChatGPT for $750 when it actually costs $100 MILLION?! That's not a budget gap, that's the Grand Canyon of financial reality checks! It's like showing up to build the Titanic with a pool noodle and some duct tape. The train is OpenAI's massive infrastructure, the school bus is what this person thinks they need, and that pathetic $588 bid? That wouldn't even cover the ELECTRICITY for ChatGPT to say "hello world" for a day! The audacity! The drama! The complete disconnect from reality! This is peak "I watched a YouTube tutorial once, so I'm basically an AI engineer now" energy!

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ChatGPT For $500: The Dream vs Reality
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1 month ago 195.9K views 0 shares
ChatGPT For $500: The Dream vs Reality
Someone wants to build ChatGPT for $500? Sure, and I want a Ferrari for the price of a bicycle. This freelance posting is the perfect example of clients who think you can just sprinkle some PHP and Node.js on a project and suddenly have a multi-billion dollar AI platform. OpenAI burned through hundreds of millions in compute costs alone, but sure, let's build that on a budget that wouldn't even cover a junior dev's weekly salary. The 51 desperate freelancers bidding on this are either wildly optimistic or planning to deliver a glorified if-else statement with a chat interface and call it "AI."

Five More Features No Problem But
Testing Agile Programming Debugging
1 month ago 162.4K views 0 shares
Five More Features No Problem But
The classic bait-and-switch of software development. The developer casually agrees to deliver five features by next week—a miracle in itself—but the moment unit tests are mentioned, reality hits harder than a production bug at 4:59 PM on Friday. It's like asking someone if they want dessert, waiting for them to get excited, and then adding "but you have to run a marathon first." Suddenly that chocolate cake doesn't seem worth it. The blank, horrified stare says it all. Writing code? Fun! Writing tests to prove your code actually works? Existential crisis territory.

Time Traveling Developer Required
AI Programming Python
1 month ago 142.5K views 0 shares
Time Traveling Developer Required
Job requirements: 5+ years experience with LangChain. Google search: LangChain was launched in October 2022. Ah yes, the classic tech recruiter time-travel paradox. "Must have 5+ years experience with technology that's existed for 1.5 years." Next they'll be asking for senior developers who can code in languages that haven't been invented yet. Maybe I should update my resume to include my expertise in quantum programming from the future. The only way to meet these requirements is if you're literally the creator of LangChain or you've mastered the dark arts of resume chronology manipulation.

Mental Hospital Would Like To Know Your Location
Java Programming StackOverflow
2 months ago 103.8K views 0 shares
Mental Hospital Would Like To Know Your Location
Searching "How to learn Java in one day" and immediately getting a mental hospital location request is peak developer reality. The audacity of thinking you can master Java that quickly triggers automated psychiatric intervention. Next search suggestion: "How to explain to my boss why that 'quick Java feature' is taking three weeks."