Okay, I have to ask you guys this question, given that most ranters here are experienced devs.

I keep hearing this sentiment that "Oh, back in the day it was super easy to land a job. You just show up to an interview, and you have a pulse, and you were hired".

I call bullshit on this sentiment. It's not like people weren't facing rejections back in the day.

What's your take on this sentiment?

Twitter will one day, turn me into a racist I swear.

Idk what it is about this app, It gave me a whiff of what it's like hating a certain group of people (not gonna mention which group).

And the weird thing is, Twitter content isn't anything worse than what I see regularly on 9GAG and Reddit. Not even close.

What sorcery does this app have? I might need to stay tf away from this app wtf.

So apparently, there's a "leaked" recording of the AWS CEO telling software devs to stop coding and be prepared for the day when "AI takes over software development."

Can someone point me in the direction of the AWS Headquarters?

*cocks shotgun*

I just wanna talk

Do the first project for a cheap price, I swear I will pay you more money for the next ones.

I've heard this so many times now, it actually makes me wanna kill myself when I hear it again from someone new.

I feel like I'm getting lost in social media these days. I know I should be aware of this happening, but lately I start scrolling on my phone and don't realize 20-30 mins fly by me.

Weird, that it's happening to me now.

If you don't have

1. Chronic depression.
2. Episodes of pure mania.
3. Low self esteem.
4. Superiority complex.
5. Drugs/Pills dependency.
6. Identity crisis.
7. Mind numbing migraines.
8. Carpal tunnel.

all of the above at the same time, can u even call yourself a software developer?

I wasted 470 rupees ($5.6 USD) recharging on the wrong WiFi account, today.

😭 How's your Friday going? 😭

(I did ask Customer support if it can be refunded but they said No, it's not in the policy to refund these transactions).

It's a good thing I always chose 1 month recharge over 3, 6 or 12 months recharge, otherwise I'd have killed myself today.

Some old tech: exists and functions just fine for 20+ years.

Some tech bro: Yeah we gotta throw this out the window and re-invent the freaking wheel.

Do drugs, kids. Stay away from programming.

- @SoldierOfCode, 2024

I got to tell someone about the dream that I had today, but no one in my real life will give a shit, so I'll say it here.

I saw myself flying in my dream. Where it got so good was, I detected that it was a dream and kept going. I legit thought to myself "I can't take damage cuz it's my dream" and started doing maneuvers like diving downwards to speed up and pulling myself up.

It was almost like I was playing GOD mode in a videogame with me as the protagonist. I could fly whatever speed I wanted and do whatever moves I wanted. All the while knowing fully that this is a dream.

I don't understand why but I'm so happy about it, today.

They said do freelancing, you can work from wherever you want. But, I haven't left my house even once in last 7 months.

They said do freelancing, you get to take off days whenever you want. But, I haven't taken even a single day off, after starting freelancing.

They said do freelancing, you will have better work-life balance. But I feel like, I just code and go to the gym and sometimes make YouTube videos.

They said do freelancing, it's better security-wise. But, every month I'm fucking petrified thinking if I even will survive and pay my bills next month.

They said do freelancing, you can work and travel at the same time. But, I've been married 7 months now and haven't taken my wife to honeymoon trip yet.

Am I doing freelancing wrong?

The fact that I can buy a game for $70 price tag today, and still run the risk of it getting taken away from me, by the company that built it, is why I'll always pirate games.

If buying is not owning, then pirating is not stealing.

I can't believe my kill list is still growing, my last big one was Nanos and now it's JestDotty quitting the Matrix group.

Damn, I didn't know I possessed such power.

Windows is THE platform for writing software and you know it. Also JS is the king of all programming languages because it's just the best.

I see that most of you hate influencers in Tech, so I created a comedy skit about it, and featured Theo in it.

Check it out here -> https://youtube.com/watch/...

I was going to do the task on time, but now that you told me that you need it ASAP, I'm absolutely adding delays to the task.

A new development rule I've started to implement:

All backend APIs will be written with the assumption that it's gonna get distributed as an API for 3rd parties to be integrated in their systems - meaning that every API I write will have proper response status codes for appropriate scenarios (like 400, 429, 500 status codes).

No more `res.json({status: false, message: 'message'})` with 200 status code across the board.

Color blind people are so dramatic ffs.
Like bro, just go to settings -> general -> color vision. and toggle it on.

Conspiracy theory:

AI is peddled around companies because it's a great front for them to take all of your data and "train their models", ultimately its all about legally owning what you create and use it for self-promotion with minimal extra cost.

There isn't actually any "AI models" in the back of the company tech stack. It's just a word on a legal document as an excuse to take your data.

I wrote an algorithm that incorporates a 3rd party API. and the algorithm is so fast and optimized that I started to get 429 status codes from the third party API, asking me to slow down my requests, which I didn't think was an issue when I tested on local env.

Now I'm on purpose slowing down my code, to prevent that from happening.

Talk about suffering from success.

Me: Hey programming languages, is 0 == [ ] ?

PHP: Nope. It's not.
Python: Nope. Easy.
Java: Heh. No it isn't.

Javascript: Oh, um yeah, hurrr durrr harr harr YES it is.
But screw it, hAvE yOu hEaRd oF nExTjS? wE sUpPoRt sQl qUeRiEs nOw.

Corporate treating promotions as a "once-in-a-lifetime" "extravagant" "life-changing" "spectacular" event is exactly why the tech sector ain't leveling up.

I always find it funny when people fight over certain aspects of Javascript. Like how callback hell is manageable, async functions etc

Do they forget that Javascript itself is a flaming pile of shit language to begin with? The inventor literally created the language in a week, so that should be the base line assumption on how "capable" that language will come out to be.

9-5 Jobs are KILLING your FUTURE.

Like, mate, just shut up. Please.

Some people really deserve a high-five.

On the face.

With a chair.

Yep. This perfectly summarizes our Matrix group.

age = age + 1;

Remember, the computer that lets you earn your living, is the same computer where you can be entertained by YouTube or games.

Put a finger in your butt, or some shit idk.

Image upload doesn't work anymore :(

I've shifted from writing nested ifs to writing early returns. Feels great.