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Instant AI Startup: Just Add Ellipses

1 day ago 137.8K views 0 shares

The secret ingredient to becoming an AI startup? Just rename your loading spinners! This dev brilliantly exposed the modern tech hype cycle by showing how a simple text change from "loading..." to "thinking..." instantly transforms your regular app into an "agentic AI startup." No actual AI required—just the perception of intelligence. It's the equivalent of putting racing stripes on a Honda Civic and calling it a supercar. Venture capitalists, please form an orderly queue with your checkbooks ready.

Modern Web Vs. Government Time Capsules

Webdev Javascript Frontend

11 days ago 196.8K views 0 shares

Ever notice how government websites look like they were built when Netscape was still cool? While the rest of us are over here with reactive SPAs, CSS grids, and responsive design, government sites are like "Hey, tables and Comic Sans work just fine, thank you very much." It's like they found a developer time capsule from 1998 and said "Perfect! Ship it!" Nothing says "we value efficiency" like a website that takes 15 seconds to load a PDF form you can't even fill out electronically.

Tap-M-And-Grab-M: The Executive UI Order

Frontend Webdev Javascript Programming

15 days ago 166.5K views 0 shares

Tap-M-And-Grab-M: The Executive UI Order

Executive order just dropped: UI/UX terms now require more syllables for maximum developer frustration. Next week they'll rename "copy-paste" to "duplicate-and-relocate-digital-information." Somewhere, a frontend dev is crying into their mechanical keyboard while updating documentation.

Simple UI, Complicated Users

Frontend Webdev Programming Debugging Testing

15 days ago 156.0K views 1 shares

The eternal gap between developer expectations and user reality. You spend weeks perfecting that fingerprint scanner with crystal-clear instructions: "Hold your finger." Then your user comes along and tries to scan their entire fist. Every UX designer just felt a disturbance in the force. No matter how "intuitive" you make your interface, someone will find a way to use it wrong. This is why we can't have nice things in software development. Next sprint: Add tooltip "No, not your entire hand. Just ONE finger. The one attached to your hand. Yes, THAT one."

The OAuth Identity Crisis

Security Webdev Programming Frontend

19 days ago 145.2K views 1 shares

OAuth has really gone off the rails lately. Started with "Login with Google" and now we've got "Login with a Potato" and "Login with your mom." Next sprint we'll probably implement "Login with your existential dread" and "Login with that weird dream you had in 2013." Security experts are frantically writing papers on the cryptographic properties of beef caldereta while developers just keep adding more buttons because the product manager said so.

The World's Most Helpful Security Breach

Security Webdev Programming Frontend

1 month ago 217.2K views 1 shares

The World's Most Helpful Security Breach

OH MY GOD, the AUDACITY of this login form! 💀 Imagine typing your super-secret password and the system basically screams "HEY EVERYONE, I KNOW WHO YOU ARE!" Talk about the world's worst security design! It's like hiring a bodyguard who announces your social security number through a megaphone. The poor developer who created this monstrosity probably also keeps their house key under a doormat labeled "SECRET KEY HERE." I'm having heart palpitations just looking at this security nightmare!

The Truth Nobody Talks About

Programming Webdev Devops Debugging Frontend

1 month ago 136.9K views 2 shares

Spider-Man dropping hard truths at tech conferences now? Seems about right. While companies pour millions into making apps "intuitive" and "delightful" for users, developers are stuck with legacy codebases, outdated documentation, and build systems that require blood sacrifices to work properly. The irony is rich - we're expected to craft beautiful experiences while our own experience involves crying into coffee at 2AM because some dependency broke in 17 different places. Maybe if our dev tools weren't designed by sadists, we'd ship those fancy UX features on time!

The Illusion Of Progress

Javascript Webdev Programming Frontend

1 month ago 168.3K views 0 shares

Remember when we had to intentionally slow down our code because users didn't trust anything that worked too efficiently? That's peak corporate logic right there. Nothing says "professional software" like artificially adding a 30-second loading bar to instant search results. Because apparently, if it doesn't make you wait, it can't possibly be working hard enough! The best part? Everyone was happier with the objectively worse product. Sometimes I wonder if we're actually moving backwards as a species...

Web Development In A Nutshell

Webdev Javascript Programming Frontend

2 months ago 153.5K views 0 shares

Ah yes, the classic pagination system that absolutely nobody uses. Those suspiciously precise version numbers masquerading as page numbers? That's what happens when the backend developer is also in charge of UI design. Nine decimal places of precision for page numbers is exactly what users need! And that "Go" button? It's just sitting there, judging your life choices, knowing damn well nobody's typing "page 3.023809523809" in that input field. This is what happens when you ask for "pagination" in the requirements doc without specifying further details. The developer technically delivered what was asked for... just with the UX sensibilities of a calculator.

When The UI Designer Has A Vendetta

Frontend Webdev Javascript Programming

2 months ago 160.9K views 0 shares

This right here is what happens when your UI designer and frontend dev hate each other. The month selector is split into three columns of gibberish syllables that you have to mentally reassemble like some deranged word puzzle. "J-octo-ber"? "Nov-em-y"? And let's not forget the default values: day 0 of the year 1900. Because nothing says "user-friendly" like making people born on January 1st, 1900 feel right at home while everyone else suffers. This form is the digital equivalent of asking someone their birthday in interpretive dance.

When I'm Told I'm Going To Need To Incorporate User Testing Into My Design Pipeline

Testing Webdev Agile Programming Debugging

2 months ago 172.1K views 0 shares

When I'm Told I'm Going To Need To Incorporate User Testing Into My Design Pipeline

Ah, the classic "I'm the only user that matters" syndrome. Nothing says "professional software development" quite like rejecting all forms of validation and building exclusively for an audience of one - yourself. The character's intense expression perfectly captures that moment when someone suggests your code might need to survive contact with actual humans. Truly groundbreaking approach to software development: "It works on my machine and in my brain, ship it."

Slider Of Doom: When Frontend Developers Choose Violence

Frontend Webdev Javascript Programming

2 months ago 201.2K views 0 shares

Slider Of Doom: When Frontend Developers Choose Violence

Some developers just want to watch the world burn. Instead of implementing a standard phone input field, this diabolical programmer created a SLIDER for entering a phone number. Pure evil genius at work! This is what happens when you give developers too much free time and not enough code reviews. The next sprint planning will definitely include a "fix that damn phone input" ticket with highest priority.

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ux Memes

Instant AI Startup: Just Add Ellipses

Modern Web Vs. Government Time Capsules

Tap-M-And-Grab-M: The Executive UI Order

Simple UI, Complicated Users

The OAuth Identity Crisis

Mechanical Keyboards (affiliate)

The World's Most Helpful Security Breach

The Truth Nobody Talks About

The Illusion Of Progress

Web Development In A Nutshell

When The UI Designer Has A Vendetta

When I'm Told I'm Going To Need To Incorporate User Testing Into My Design Pipeline

Slider Of Doom: When Frontend Developers Choose Violence

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