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Real Cloud Storage
Cloud Devops AWS Azure Gcp
3 days ago 55.4K views 1 shares
Real Cloud Storage
Finally found the data center where my AWS instances are running. Turns out "elastic compute cloud" is just cotton balls on shelves. No wonder my database queries are taking forever - they're being processed by literal fluff. At least their disaster recovery plan is solid: a spray bottle and a fan.

Jesus Has Ryzen: The Divine CPU Upgrade
Hardware Programming
4 days ago 67.1K views 0 shares
Jesus Has Ryzen: The Divine CPU Upgrade
First we had "Jesus has risen" for Easter. Now we have "Jesus has RYZEN" because apparently the son of God upgraded to AMD processors. The divine computing power to run the universe's simulation requires nothing less than a high-end CPU. Bet heaven's render farm makes your gaming rig look like a pocket calculator. And you thought your server resurrection after a crash was impressive.

Revenge Of The IT Guy: A Key Removal
Hardware Programming
5 days ago 45.7K views 0 shares
Revenge Of The IT Guy: A Key Removal
Revenge is a dish best served with administrative privileges. The IT guy didn't need to throw a punch - just removed the "i" key from the keyboard. Perfect digital karma! Next time someone messes with IT support, remember they control the literal keys to your productivity. And yes, technically that IS a white "i" that's missing, proving IT folks are both punny and petty in the most brilliant way possible.

The Father Of Programming
Programming
10 days ago 64.5K views 0 shares
The Father Of Programming
While she suspects infidelity, his brain is executing a completely different process - contemplating dad-level wordplay about becoming the literal "father of Programming." It's that classic midnight recursion where developers can't stop their brains from executing pun functions even during relationship runtime. The joke works on multiple levels since many programmers already consider themselves children of programming languages, constantly being disciplined by compiler errors and syntax rules. The irony is that most coders would absolutely name a variable this way without hesitation.

CPP But From Chinese Communist
C++ Programming php
13 days ago 84.0K views 0 shares
CPP But From Chinese Communist
A classic case of acronym confusion with geopolitical flavor. On the left, we have actual PHP code (not C++) with error checking and config loading. On the right, we have "CPP" (C Plus Plus) at the top and "CCP" (Chinese Communist Party) at the bottom. The joke is that they sound similar but are drastically different entities - one builds software, the other builds... well, a different kind of system. Developers who confuse these two should expect runtime errors of the political variety.

I've Found A Memory Leek
Hardware Programming Debugging
14 days ago 74.8K views 0 shares
I've Found A Memory Leek
OH. MY. GOD. The AUDACITY of this pun! Someone actually glued a RAM stick to a literal leek vegetable and called it a "memory leek." I'm DECEASED! 💀 This is what happens when programmers go grocery shopping after debugging for 48 hours straight. Next thing you know they'll be putting thermal paste on their sandwiches and wondering why their CPU is still overheating. The Windows laptop in the background is just silently judging all of our life choices right now.

Ent-To-Ent Encryption: Nature's Most Secure Protocol
Security Networking Programming
18 days ago 86.5K views 0 shares
Ent-To-Ent Encryption: Nature's Most Secure Protocol
The cryptographic pun we didn't know we needed! This brilliant wordplay combines end-to-end encryption (the security protocol that keeps your messages private) with Ents (the talking tree creatures from fantasy). Security engineers spend countless hours ensuring nobody can intercept your precious cat photos, while fantasy Ents are apparently doing the same with their arboreal gossip. Somewhere, a cryptography professor is both groaning and secretly adding this to their lecture slides. Next up: hash functions explained using actual breakfast potatoes.

I've Found A Memory Leek
Debugging Hardware Windows Programming
18 days ago 72.6K views 0 shares
I've Found A Memory Leek
The pinnacle of dad-joke programming humor! Someone literally attached a RAM stick to a leek vegetable, creating the most literal "memory leek" in computing history. While developers spend hours hunting for memory leaks in their code—those pesky unallocated resources slowly consuming RAM—this genius found a hardware solution. Next time your Windows machine slows to a crawl, maybe it just needs some fresh produce instead of another debugging session. Technically accurate and nutritionally balanced!

That Sounds Like A Hard Drive
Hardware
19 days ago 71.9K views 0 shares
That Sounds Like A Hard Drive
The desperate journey for hardware is real. Nothing says "I need this build to work NOW" like braving a blizzard for a single component. Then Han Solo drops the perfect dad-joke punchline that would make any system admin groan and secretly smile. Every developer knows that feeling when you're one part away from finishing a build and suddenly it's a life-or-death mission. And yes, we've all made terrible hardware puns in the server room when nobody's listening.

Create Your Own Git For Mother's Day
Git Programming
25 days ago 104.2K views 0 shares
Create Your Own Git For Mother's Day
When marketing emails try to hijack developer lingo... Pandora really thought they could trick us with "Create your own git for Mother's Day" instead of just saying "gift." Nice try, Pandora, but the only repositories I'm creating are for code, not jewelry. And that unsubscribe button is looking mighty tempting after this git commit to marketing failure.

Taliban Bans Windows
Linux Microsoft Windows Programming
1 month ago 79.5K views 0 shares
Taliban Bans Windows
Finally, a political decision Linux users can get behind! The headline "Taliban bans windows" is playing on the double meaning of "windows" - the physical openings in buildings versus Microsoft Windows operating system. Linux fanatics have been waging their own holy war against Windows for decades, so this headline hits that sweet spot of tech tribalism. Next headline: "Taliban mandates command line interfaces only" and watch the Arch users celebrate.

Master Web Developer
Webdev Programming Frontend
1 month ago 72.9K views 0 shares
Master Web Developer
The punchline hits harder than a 500 server error. Someone names their bin chute spider "Henry" - harmless enough. But then comes the revelation: "he's a web developer." Just your typical developer humor - naming spiders after their natural profession. The spider probably writes cleaner code than most of us and never complains about legacy systems. Bet Henry specializes in crawling and doesn't even need Stack Overflow for help.