User experience Memes

All Cases Covered

7 hours ago 81.7K views 0 shares

The perfect example of form validation nobody thought to test. Nothing says "robust error handling" like asking a dead person if they've died before. Somewhere, a developer is patting themselves on the back for covering all logical possibilities while their QA team contemplates a career change. The ghost of proper user experience design weeps silently in the background. It's the digital equivalent of "Press 1 if you're not here." The kind of edge case that makes you question your life choices as a developer. Bonus points if the "Yes" option triggers a "Please provide death certificate as proof" upload field.

Get Hired, Fix Bug, Refuse To Elaborate, Leave

Debugging Programming

1 day ago 171.0K views 0 shares

Get Hired, Fix Bug, Refuse To Elaborate, Leave

The ultimate power move: join company, fix the one thing that's been driving you insane as a user, then immediately peace out. This is basically the software development equivalent of walking into a room, flipping a light switch that nobody else could figure out, and moonwalking away while everyone's jaw hits the floor. It's like they woke up and chose violence, but the sophisticated kind where you actually make things better before disappearing into the sunset. The sheer audacity of solving a problem and then immediately submitting your notice is just *chef's kiss*. Somewhere, a product manager is still staring at their screen in disbelief.

All My Homies Hate This Header

Hardware

3 days ago 122.6K views 0 shares

The universal law of USB: you'll try to plug it in, flip it, try again, flip it once more, then somehow the original orientation works. That blue connector has caused more collective frustration than any code review I've ever been through. It's like it exists in the 4th dimension where neither orientation is correct until you've wasted exactly 15 seconds of your life trying. And don't get me started on trying to plug one in under a desk in the dark—that's basically a blindfolded puzzle game nobody asked for.

Clock, But It's Downloaded From App Store

Gamedev Android Ios Programming Frontend

9 days ago 157.0K views 1 shares

Clock, But It's Downloaded From App Store

Ah, the dystopian hellscape of modern app monetization! What you're seeing is the logical conclusion of product managers gone wild. A basic clock—literally the most fundamental utility since sundials—transformed into a gems-powered nightmare where you need to pay 500 gems to unlock the revolutionary feature of... *checks notes*... knowing what minute it is. Want to know if it's 10AM or 11AM? That'll be 1000 gems, please! The full package with all time-telling capabilities is just $19.99/month, because apparently even the concept of time itself is now a subscription service. This is basically what would happen if EA designed a clock instead of games.

They Do It On Purpose

Frontend Android Ios Programming Debugging

10 days ago 114.1K views 1 shares

The eternal disconnect between developer expectations and user reality! The phone is asking for a fingerprint scan with the instruction "Hold your finger," but instead of using their fingertip like a normal human, the user is pressing their entire thumb sideways against the screen. This is why we need 75-page user manuals for features that should be self-explanatory. No matter how "intuitive" you think your UI is, somewhere out there is a user trying to scan their elbow because the instructions weren't specific enough. Pro tip: Always assume your users will interpret your UI in the most creative and incorrect way possible. It's not a bug, it's a feature of human creativity!

User Submits Bug Report

Debugging Programming Testing

11 days ago 141.5K views 1 shares

The initial joy of receiving user feedback quickly turns into existential pain when you realize they've sent an 18-minute screen recording of... absolutely nothing happening. Just a static screen. No audio. No cursor movement. No error messages. Nothing. It's like trying to diagnose a car problem when the customer sends you a photo of their garage door. Closed. From across the street. The real bug was the 18 minutes of your life that just disappeared forever.

Error: Your Error Has Errored

Debugging Webdev Programming Frontend Backend

12 days ago 139.1K views 0 shares

When your error handler throws an error while trying to explain an error. That's peak debugging right there. "The server returned this error: Error." Thanks, Captain Obvious! Nothing quite like those helpful error messages that tell you absolutely nothing useful. Just refresh your browser and pray to the server gods, because that's apparently our debugging strategy now. Ten years of engineering experience and I'm still getting error messages that might as well say "something broke lol good luck finding out what."

Enter A Postal Address, I Think You'll Find It Near-Impossible

Frontend Webdev Javascript Programming

15 days ago 84.7K views 0 shares

Enter A Postal Address, I Think You'll Find It Near-Impossible

Ah, the digital equivalent of waterboarding! This masterpiece of UI sadism forces you to enter your house number digit by digit with separate inputs for thousands, hundreds, tens, and units. And just when you think it can't get worse, it makes you select each character of your postcode using sliders that go from SPACE to Z. This is the form that Satan himself would create if he worked in frontend development. The designer clearly woke up and chose violence that day. Somewhere, a UX designer is having heart palpitations just looking at this. The best part? The "Intentionally Bad UX" title - as if we needed that clarification. It's like labeling a tornado as "Intentionally Windy Weather."

Richard's Guide To Software Development Hell

Programming Devops Agile Debugging Testing

19 days ago 112.8K views 1 shares

Richard's Guide To Software Development Hell

Ah, the classic software development cycle illustrated with feline precision! First panel: We start with a beautiful blueprint cat—meticulously designed with perfect proportions and elegant lines. Engineering perfection! Second panel: Resource allocation at its finest—80% of effort goes to the tail (that feature nobody will use), 14% to the legs (core functionality), 4% to the head (user interface), and a whopping 2% to the actual body (everything else that matters). Third and fourth panels: The pre-beta and post-beta cats look identical because let's be honest—nobody actually fixes anything during beta testing. Fifth panel: What the customer wanted? A FREAKING TIGER. Not even remotely close to a house cat. Sixth panel: Two versions later, the software has evolved into... a cat with an existential crisis and identity issues. Final panel: The ultimate truth bomb—despite delivering something completely wrong, users still stick around with a resigned "I still like you anyway." And the software's response? "TOOTS." Because at this point, it's just farting out updates.

I Will Find The Guy Who Did This...

Hardware

19 days ago 141.5K views 0 shares

Ah yes, the infamous "fourth USB port that requires quantum physics to insert correctly." Some diabolical hardware engineer decided three normal USB ports wasn't enough torture and added that sideways HDMI port just to watch the world burn. It's the tech equivalent of putting a fake electrical outlet at the airport. That special kind of evil that makes you try to plug in your USB cable 17 times before realizing you're attempting to jam it into what is clearly NOT a USB port. Whoever designed this deserves to spend eternity trying to plug a USB-A cable in correctly on the first try.

This Does Nothing

Programming Webdev Security Frontend

20 days ago 141.2K views 0 shares

The AUDACITY of this checkbox! Promising to save me from the endless nightmare of sign-in prompts while the power cord dramatically lies there, UNPLUGGED from the wall! 💀 It's like promising not to get wet during a tsunami while holding an umbrella made of tissue paper. That "Don't show this again" checkbox is making promises it LITERALLY has no power to keep! The ultimate betrayal in the digital realm - a powerless promise from a powerless device! The irony is so thick you could cut it with a keyboard shortcut!

The Password Length Paradox

Security Webdev Programming Debugging Frontend

21 days ago 201.9K views 1 shares

The classic password paradox strikes again! Your password needs to be secure enough to protect Fort Knox but also fit within arbitrary character limits. The error message says "This password is too long" while showing a field full of dots that's apparently 37 characters. The irony is delicious - we're constantly told to use complex passwords, but then get slapped with restrictions like "maximum 30 characters." It's like asking someone to build an impenetrable fortress but only giving them 30 bricks. And that pink "Reset password" button is just waiting to start this security circus all over again. The struggle between security requirements and arbitrary limitations is the true final boss of web development.

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