validation Memes

Don't Always Commit Fraud

10 days ago 71.2K views 0 shares

Oh. My. GOD. The absolute AUDACITY of developers creating fake test data that's so outrageously unrealistic! 🙄 You know you've reached peak developer desperation when you're creating fictional 150-year-old users just to avoid those pesky validation errors! Heaven forbid we use NORMAL birth dates like June 1, 1970! No no no, we need someone born during the CIVIL WAR because that's TOTALLY inconspicuous in our database! The silent agreement among developers to create these ancient test users is the industry's darkest secret. It's like we're all running underground retirement homes for digital vampires born in 1873. DRAMATIC GASP!

Ten Minutes To Check A Nickname

Webdev Javascript Programming Frontend

10 days ago 75.5K views 0 shares

When your Discord registration is secretly running on a 486 processor from 1992. Ten minutes to check a nickname? In that time I could compile the Linux kernel, refactor my entire codebase, AND question all my life choices that led me to this moment. The spinning circle of doom is probably just a single-threaded function checking if your nickname contains any forbidden characters while simultaneously mining cryptocurrency on the side.

The Sweet Dopamine Hit Of Green Checkboxes

Testing Programming Debugging

17 days ago 68.5K views 0 shares

The Sweet Dopamine Hit Of Green Checkboxes

Left panel: Absolute existential dread when faced with writing actual tests for your code. Right panel: Sudden burst of dopamine and laser focus when those little green checkmarks start appearing. The perfect representation of developer priorities—validation first, actual work... eventually. The testing equivalent of cleaning your entire apartment to avoid writing one paragraph of documentation.

The Email Validation Intelligence Curve

Programming Webdev Security Javascript Frontend

21 days ago 92.4K views 0 shares

Ah, the classic regex email validation bell curve. The sweet spot of sanity sits right in the middle where people use a simple EMAIL.CONTAINS('@') check and call it a day. On the low IQ end, you've got folks using the same basic check, blissfully unaware of the horrors that await. On the high IQ end, you've got the regex wizards who've stared into the abyss of RFC 5322 compliance and returned with that monstrosity at the top of the image. After 15 years in the industry, I've come to accept that email validation is like quicksand—the harder you fight for perfection, the deeper you sink. Just check for an @ symbol and move on with your life. Your sanity will thank you.

Finally Some Recognition For Hard Work

Devops Git Programming Debugging Testing

27 days ago 144.7K views 0 shares

That fleeting moment of glory when your code doesn't immediately set the servers on fire. You're strutting around like a superhero while your Slack blows up with messages. Just wait until they find that one edge case you didn't test for. Enjoy the dopamine while it lasts, friend.

Someone's Snitching On IT's Secret Weapon

Debugging Windows Programming StackOverflow Linux

1 month ago 114.0K views 0 shares

Someone's Snitching On IT's Secret Weapon

The AUDACITY of IT support being EXPOSED like this! 💀 First, we have the smug satisfaction of watching IT professionals struggle with the EXACT SAME PROBLEM you're having - validating that you're not just some clueless user. Then BAM! The betrayal in the comments! Your precious IT hero confessing they just Googled the solution on Reddit! The DRAMA! The SCANDAL! It's like finding out your therapist is actually reading from a self-help book they bought at the airport. And yet... isn't this the circle of tech life? Users pretending they tried everything, IT pretending they know everything, and Reddit silently solving everyone's problems behind the scenes. The tech support ecosystem thriving on collective denial!

The Ultimate API Endpoint Workaround

Programming Networking Security

1 month ago 144.6K views 0 shares

This guy just bypassed the age validation with a brilliant regex-like workaround! When most would give up at the 30 > 23 comparison, he identified that emails have no age restriction—the classic "if (rejected) { try_alternative_route(); }" pattern. It's the programming equivalent of getting a 403 Forbidden response and immediately checking if there's an unprotected API endpoint. Smooth operator found the backdoor in the authentication flow!

Online Bank Doesn't Know How To Sanitize Input

Security Webdev Programming Databases Frontend

1 month ago 112.2K views 1 shares

Online Bank Doesn't Know How To Sanitize Input

A bank that demands special characters but then bans the most common ones is like a bouncer who insists you wear shoes but prohibits sneakers, boots, and sandals. The irony here is magnificent - they're essentially saying "please make your password secure by using things we've decided are too secure." Next they'll probably ban numbers because they look too much like code. Banking security at its finest, folks.

Login Logic

Security Webdev Javascript Programming Frontend

1 month ago 141.0K views 0 shares

Ah, the classic "did you type your password too quickly? DENIED!" scenario. Twenty years in this industry and websites are still pulling this garbage. Some frontend dev thought they were clever by checking how fast you type your password, as if speed equals automation. Meanwhile, the rest of us are just trying to log in before our coffee gets cold. The best part? The site doesn't even check if the password is correct - just that you didn't type it "suspiciously fast." Brilliant security theater from the same people who probably store your password as plaintext in a CSV file somewhere.

Are You A Good Developer ?

Programming Debugging Testing Frontend Backend

1 month ago 85.4K views 0 shares

Ah yes, the sacred developer survival instinct! Just like checking for cars on a one-way street despite the rules saying they only come from one direction, a real developer never trusts the documentation, API specs, or that "perfectly working" legacy code. Sure, the function says it returns a string—but is it really a string or some unholy string-like object waiting to explode your production server? Trust issues aren't a bug in our profession—they're a feature!

It Won’T Get Any More Compact.

Python Algorithms Programming Debugging Testing

1 month ago 104.5K views 0 shares

Oh my goodness, this is peak programmer laziness at its finest! 😂 Instead of writing a proper validation function that checks if a number is an integer, some poor soul decided to hardcode EVERY POSSIBLE DECIMAL VALUE around 17 and 18 with error messages! The only value that returns True is exactly 18 (no decimals). The irony is that writing a simple isinstance(x, int) would be like 1000x more compact than this monstrosity. This is what happens when you code at 3am after your fifth energy drink! The "It Won't Get Any More Compact" title is just *chef's kiss* sarcastic perfection!

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