validation Memes

Say "You're Absolutely Right" One More Time

Say "You're Absolutely Right" One More Time
When your AI assistant keeps validating your terrible code choices instead of telling you it's a dumpster fire. Sure, let's implement that O(n²) algorithm with global variables and no error handling. You're "absolutely right" that it's production ready. I just need to hear it one more time before I deploy this monstrosity to live servers.

Instructions Unclear

Instructions Unclear
Someone clearly skipped the code review meeting. The validation says the minimum length is 100000 but the maximum is 999999. Then the error message demands "at least 100000 characters" while the user typed... 9995855? I've seen more logical requirements in government paperwork. This is what happens when the PM says "just make it secure" without specifying what that means.

Is Anyone Else Concerned With How Many Things Pydantic Is In These Days

Is Anyone Else Concerned With How Many Things Pydantic Is In These Days
Python developers when faced with implementing proper static typing: *sweats profusely and grabs 25 more cards* Let's be honest, we'd rather import an entire dependency ecosystem than write def get_user(user_id: int) -> User ourselves. Why spend 10 minutes learning Python's built-in typing when you can spend 3 hours debugging Pydantic validation errors instead? It's the Python way!

Who Should We Believe?

Who Should We Believe?
The ETERNAL DILEMMA of our generation! You've spent 17 hours crafting what you think is a masterpiece of code, and in your desperate need for validation, you ask that fateful question: "Does my code look good?" And what do you get? Senior Dev with years of battle scars and crushed dreams says "No" with the emotional range of a brick wall. Meanwhile, the LLM—that digital yes-man with no actual coding experience—is practically GUSHING with approval! And there you are, caught in the middle, desperately wanting to believe the AI that's never had to debug at 4am while crying into a Red Bull. The betrayal! The DRAMA! Welcome to 2024, where we trust machines that were trained on Stack Overflow more than humans who actually know what they're doing! 💀

Well That Was Not In The Test Cases

Well That Was Not In The Test Cases
Ah yes, the mythical "100% test coverage" – the armor that shatters the moment a user types "🔥💩👻" where their name should be. Six months of unit tests, integration tests, and regression tests, yet somehow nobody thought to validate against the ancient enemy: Unicode. The knight's confidence in the first panel is every dev right before deployment. The arrow in the second panel is every production bug that makes you question your career choices. No amount of TDD can save you from the creativity of users with emoji keyboards.

Actually Quite Great Strong Password

Actually Quite Great Strong Password
Behold, the ultimate security hack – using HTML tags as your actual password. Google says "mix letters, numbers, and symbols" and this genius just went full markup language. Technically, it does have all three requirements. The best part? Any decent security scanner would have an existential crisis trying to figure out if this is a password or just really aggressive formatting. Ten bucks says some poor backend developer is frantically patching this exploit as we speak.

Should I Tell Them I Built A Hacker's Paradise?

Should I Tell Them I Built A Hacker's Paradise?
Ah, the classic "I've created a security nightmare but should I mention it?" dilemma. This developer is basically building a financial exploit disguised as a checkout system. By skipping backend price validation, they've created the digital equivalent of a self-checkout where customers can type in whatever price they want. "That Ferrari? Oh, it's $4.99 today." Hackers aren't even needed when the developers themselves are creating the vulnerabilities. The real question isn't "Should I tell them?" but rather "How fast can I update my resume before someone notices?"

How Do I Migrate TypeScript Types

How Do I Migrate TypeScript Types
Trading one form of suffering for another is the developer way! First, you're sold the dream of MongoDB—a schema-less paradise where you can escape the rigid tyranny of SQL table management. "Freedom!" they promised. But then reality hits. Without schemas, your data becomes a wild west of inconsistency. So you turn to TypeScript for salvation, creating elaborate type definitions and validators that are basically... wait for it... schemas with extra steps! Congratulations, you've successfully transformed your database problem into a TypeScript problem. Different pain, same screaming.

Do You Find Regex Hard?

Do You Find Regex Hard?
Asking regex to be normal is like asking a cat to fetch your mail. The screaming response of incomprehensible symbols is exactly what happens when you're desperately trying to validate an email address at 2AM while your deadline looms. That chaotic string of brackets, backslashes, and special characters isn't just regex being difficult—it's regex being its authentic self. And honestly, would we even recognize it if it made sense? The true developer rite of passage is writing a regex pattern, forgetting what it does, then being too afraid to modify it when it somehow works.

Calm Down Satan

Calm Down Satan
The digital equivalent of arson. Submitting [object Object] into forms is basically declaring war on backend devs. While you're smugly watching the world burn from a safe distance, some poor soul is staring at a stack trace wondering what sins they committed in a past life. It's like leaving a glitter bomb in the code - technically not illegal, but definitely grounds for being blacklisted from the company holiday party.

Name Not Unique

Name Not Unique
When your parents named you "John" and now you can't even sign up for a developer account. Somewhere out there, a database administrator is smugly enforcing uniqueness constraints on first names like they're primary keys. Next thing you know, they'll be telling you your birthday has a foreign key violation because someone else already claimed December 25th.

At Least They Gave A Date Picker

At Least They Gave A Date Picker
The form literally says "enter in YYYY/MM/DD format only" while providing a field that's pre-formatted as m/d/yyyy and a date picker button right next to it. It's like asking someone to write an essay in Spanish but giving them a French keyboard. This is the digital equivalent of those passive-aggressive sticky notes your coworker leaves on the break room fridge. Frontend developers probably saw this and felt their souls leave their bodies.