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"Programming Sucks" (www.stilldrinking.org)

submitted 7 months ago by Mbourgon@lemmy.world to c/programmerhumor@lemmy.ml

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Don’t know how I’ve never come across this, but this made me laugh and cry and nod appreciatively.

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[–] MajinBlayze@lemmy.world 29 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

In about 2 weeks this will be 10 years old

[–] Mbourgon@lemmy.world 23 points 7 months ago (2 children)

And I’m honestly astonished I’d never come across this before. This ranks up there with the story of Mel.

[–] RedditWanderer@lemmy.world 19 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (3 children)

Mel, a real programmer!

I'd add a motherfucking website. While not exactly a story, it's one of my favorite bits on the internets

[–] MrAlternateTape@lemm.ee 7 points 7 months ago

I knew this one, but I enjoy it everytime. Because it's true, we add way too much stuff we don't need, and that page loads instantly and gets the point across. It's perfect.

[–] lud@lemm.ee 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Don't forget about the sequels:

[–] quantenzitrone@feddit.de 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

everything beyond https://motherfuckingwebsite.com is worse imo

[–] lud@lemm.ee 0 points 7 months ago

Nah, it takes very little effort or compute to get something much much better in pretty much every aspect.

[–] Mbourgon@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

Shades of Maddox. Love it!

[–] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Just wait until you find the daily wtf!

[–] Mbourgon@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago

Years ago. LOL. Today’s my XKCD 10000 for this particular post, though.