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These 78 Memes Show The Dry Humor That Only Programmers Can Relate To
Being a programmer has become the cool job that everyone wants. It pays well, and if you’re good at using a computer, then you’re already on the right path to start learning a thing or two about programming yourself.
But not everyone has the patience for it. It can be tedious; you need to pay attention to detail, and even though you might think you’re finally done with the code, when you run it: bam. It’s not working. Yeah, super fun. But these are such common experiences that there are so many memes online about life as a programmer, so here are our picks for the funniest ones.
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Doug Moyer 2 weeks ago
I'm all about vibe coding now. Let's me think about the data instead of the code...
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David Paterson 2 weeks ago
Reading! Documentation! Documentation doesn't come in a readable form any more, hasn't for nearly 50 years.
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Billo66 2 weeks ago (edited)
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Rick Murray 2 weeks ago
Thing is, even if it is written down in excess detail and signed off on, the dámn users change their minds every other day.
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bazjack 2 weeks ago
I replaced a whole laptop several months earlier than I'd been planning to mostly because the left Ctrl key died. It was also early 2020, and I was thinking, "I'm not going to be leaving the house at all this year, so I'd better have a good, working computer, and besides, prices are going to shoot through the roof soon, so." But really? That Ctrl key not working was driving me around the bend.
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Ryan F. Mercer 2 weeks ago
This is old. Gemini is integrated into the search bar now. It still provides links, but more than half the time you don't need them. I'm not saying Gemini is perfect -- far from it. But it's usually easier to double check Gemini's answers than it is to do a raw search from links.
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David Paterson 2 weeks ago
My last conversation with a developer. Me "There's a bug". Developer "did you set A?". "yes". "Did you set B". "yes". "Did you set C?". "yes". Developer, with a beaming smile, "I hate these guys, they do everything right and it still fails. OK, I'll look into it."
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David Paterson 2 weeks ago
Hacker saying he knows my password. Me, thank goodness, what is it?
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David Paterson 2 weeks ago
Sigh, I remember a time when infinite loops were to be avoided. Now they're nested twenty deep.
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David Paterson 2 weeks ago
Always rerun the software without changing anything. It's amazing how often it works properly the second time around.
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David Paterson 2 weeks ago
Sigh, 3-D design software always went off the market faster than I could learn a new system.
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