Tell Me The Truth I'm Ready To Hear It

computer science data structures Optimization Efficiency Programming fundamentals Boolean Embedded systems Memory optimization Memory waste Bits and bytes

Programming Debugging Hardware Algorithms

28 days ago 91,681 views 1 shares

Tell Me The Truth I'm Ready To Hear It

boolean-memes, memory-optimization-memes, bits-and-bytes-memes, computer-science-memes, data-structures-memes | ProgrammerHumor.io

The harsh reality that keeps computer scientists up at night—using an entire byte (8 bits) to store a single boolean value that only needs 1 bit. It's like buying a mansion just to store a single sock. Memory efficiency purists are shedding tears right now, while the rest of us just keep allocating more RAM because "hardware is cheap." Meanwhile, embedded systems developers are having actual nightmares about this wasteful behavior. The true tragedy isn't just the 7 wasted bits—it's that we've all collectively agreed to ignore this digital environmental crime.

More Like This

Game ideas

Programming

3 years ago 14.9K views 0 shares

Game ideas | data-memes, idea-memes, ide-memes | ProgrammerHumor.io

Content Dude 1: We should make a game Dude 2: But I only know 1 data structure Push Pop 4 Rocky Hong Offers In-App Purchases GET (410)

How Ironic

Programming Linux Frontend

3 years ago 31.4K views 0 shares

How Ironic | web-memes, website-memes, data-memes, function-memes, cli-memes, IT-memes, ide-memes, cookie-memes | ProgrammerHumor.io

Content The Reboot Q Why We Should End the Data Economy The data economy depends on violating our right to privacy on a massive scale, collecting as much personal data as possible for profit. This website uses cookies that help the website function and track how you interact with it so that we can provide you with improved and customized user experience. We will only use the cookies if you consent to it by clicking on Accept. Preferences V Reject Accept

Methodology Is Key

Programming

7 months ago 15.1K views 0 shares

methodologyIsKey | ProgrammerHumor.io

Content REST APLIS NOT ENOUGH ADOPT REST DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT imgfup.com

The only way to avoid bad code is to never write it in the first place

Programming

2 years ago 18.3K views 0 shares

The only way to avoid bad code is to never write it in the first place | code-memes, bad code-memes, IT-memes | ProgrammerHumor.io

Content The code The code in my head in my repo changelog.com

Green Squares = Instant Wealth

Programming Webdev Devops Git

2 months ago 108.7K views 0 shares

Green Squares = Instant Wealth

Ah yes, the sacred GitHub contribution chart—where quantity trumps quality. This person has 10,306 commits in a year, which is roughly 28 commits every single day . Either they're a coding superhuman or they've discovered the ancient art of git commit -m "fix typo" && git push automation. Recruiters see green squares and immediately think "coding genius" instead of "probable bot owner." The real skill here isn't programming—it's convincing people that updating README files 10,000 times is worth half a million dollars. And they say AI is coming for our jobs...

When The Senior Dev Finds A Bug

Programming Devops Git Debugging

2 months ago 94.8K views 1 shares

When The Senior Dev Finds A Bug

Senior devs have this remarkable talent for forgetting their own code. First comes the righteous indignation ("WHO WROTE THIS CODE?"), then the escalating fury ("WHICH IDIOT WROTE THIS?"), followed by the team's gentle reminder that it was, in fact, their masterpiece. The final panel's silent "OH" captures that beautiful moment when you realize you're yelling at your past self. Git blame is truly the greatest humbler in software engineering.