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Useless 'Life Hacks' as a Metaphor for Bad Programming Advice
DevCommunities Learning CodeQuality

Useless 'Life Hacks' as a Metaphor for Bad Programming Advice

DeveloperHumor TechTwitter
The Silly Advice Joke
Corporate User Accuses Open Source Maintainer of Extortion
OpenSource CorporateCulture Communication

Corporate User Accuses Open Source Maintainer of Extortion

OpenSource CommunicationBreakdown
Playground Promises and Free Help
The Barbenheimer Guide to Startup Funding
Entrepreneurship Startup IndustryTrends Hype

The Barbenheimer Guide to Startup Funding

StartupCulture Startup
Shiny Promise, Shocking Truth
The Agile Pivot: From Useless Icing to a Pie in the Sky
ProjectManagement Stakeholders Clients Management PMs

The Agile Pivot: From Useless Icing to a Pie in the Sky

ScopeCreep StakeholderExpectations
First Cake, Then Pie
When the PM joins the architecture review
Management PMs DesignPatterns Architecture Communication

When the PM joins the architecture review

Management ManagerExpectations
Odd One Out
The terrifying journey from a bright idea to unexpected leadership
Career HR Management PMs CorporateCulture

The terrifying journey from a bright idea to unexpected leadership

ManagerExpectations Management
You Suggested It, You Do It
Developer flees PM’s demand for instant estimates in manga-style deadline chase
Deadlines Management PMs Agile

Developer flees PM’s demand for instant estimates in manga-style deadline chase

UnrealisticDeadlines DeadlinePressure
Running From Deadlines
From two-hour task to multi-sprint saga: the banner of broken estimates
Deadlines ProjectManagement Agile

From two-hour task to multi-sprint saga: the banner of broken estimates

DeveloperHumor MisalignedExpectations
Not as Easy as It Looks
Fixing one bug mysteriously raises the total, cue managerial confusion
Bugs Debugging Troubleshooting Management PMs

Fixing one bug mysteriously raises the total, cue managerial confusion

BugFixing BugsInSoftware
Whack-a-Mole
The Leaky Reality Behind a Startup's Product-Market Fit Announcement
Startup TechDebt CorporateCulture

The Leaky Reality Behind a Startup's Product-Market Fit Announcement

StartupCulture Startup
Broken but Celebrating
When PMs launch while the last unit test is still red
Management PMs Deployment Deadlines

When PMs launch while the last unit test is still red

ReleaseManagement ReleasePressure
The Half-Baked Cake
When 'Work From Anywhere' Really Means Weekly Office Days In Belgium
RemoteWork CorporateCulture Meetings

When 'Work From Anywhere' Really Means Weekly Office Days In Belgium

RemoteWork RemoteWorkCulture
Strings Attached
Where Are the Flying Cars? Calvin Rants About Overhyped Future Technology
IndustryTrends Hype TechHistory

Where Are the Flying Cars? Calvin Rants About Overhyped Future Technology

TechHumor TechHypeCycle
Where’s My Robot Butler?
When a feature request is technically possible but practically a nightmare
Stakeholders Clients TechDebt ProjectManagement

When a feature request is technically possible but practically a nightmare

FeatureCreep OverEngineering
Just Because You Can...
Chrome OS Inventor's Mic Drop on 'Elite Developer' Status
OperatingSystems DevCommunities Career HR

Chrome OS Inventor's Mic Drop on 'Elite Developer' Status

DeveloperHumor OperatingSystems
Big Work, Still Unknown
Buff Twitter bird mocks headcount as productivity after mass layoffs
CorporateCulture DeveloperProductivity Management PMs

Buff Twitter bird mocks headcount as productivity after mass layoffs

CorporateCulture DeveloperProductivity
One Person Does Everything
When Mom thinks your daily stand-up is literal stand-up comedy practice
Agile Meetings Communication

When Mom thinks your daily stand-up is literal stand-up comedy practice

Agile DeveloperHumor
Just a Meeting, Mom
The Duality of a Developer's Day
DeveloperProductivity MentalHealth Career HR

The Duality of a Developer's Day

ScopeCreep ClientExpectations
Not in the Instructions
They cloned Google interviews but forgot the compensation line in production
Interviews Career HR CorporateCulture

They cloned Google interviews but forgot the compensation line in production

Interview InterviewProcess
Tough Puzzle, Tiny Prize
When your 'critical' feature gathers dust in the product analytics dashboard
Management PMs Stakeholders Clients

When your 'critical' feature gathers dust in the product analytics dashboard

ProductManagement FeatureCreep
No One Wants to Play
Technical reality arm-wrestles with the client's paid demand in project discussions
Stakeholders Clients ProjectManagement Communication

Technical reality arm-wrestles with the client's paid demand in project discussions

ClientExpectations StakeholderExpectations
Money Can’t Buy Magic
Startup claims 8-figure growth by rounding float zeros - motivational math for founders
Startup Marketing IndustryTrends Hype

Startup claims 8-figure growth by rounding float zeros - motivational math for founders

StartupCulture Startup
The Recursive Nature of Debugging
Debugging Troubleshooting DeveloperExperience DX MentalHealth

The Recursive Nature of Debugging

HiddenComplexity RealWorldComplexity
Hidden Monster
When a whiteboard doodle becomes the entire web page specification
Stakeholders Clients ProjectManagement WebDev

When a whiteboard doodle becomes the entire web page specification

StakeholderExpectations AmbiguityInRequirements
A Drawing Isn’t a Plan
When client demands a cruise ship that can also fly like a plane
Stakeholders Clients Communication ProjectManagement

When client demands a cruise ship that can also fly like a plane

StakeholderExpectations ClientExpectations
Boats Can’t Fly
Volunteering The Team For A Shorter ETA
Deadlines Management PMs ProjectManagement

Volunteering The Team For A Shorter ETA

UnrealisticDeadlines DeadlinePressure
Promising For Everyone
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TechnicalDebt RefactoringNeeded
Stop Before More Get Hurt
Every chaotic product development stage reenacted by Mona Lisa variants
SDLC ProjectManagement Stakeholders Clients

Every chaotic product development stage reenacted by Mona Lisa variants

ProductManagement DeveloperHumor
Expectation vs Reality
Choose Your Blame Target
Communication CorporateCulture Management PMs

Choose Your Blame Target

BlameGame Accountability
Picking A Villain
That moment the dev team hears “we’re a family” in an all-hands
CorporateCulture Meetings Management PMs

That moment the dev team hears “we’re a family” in an all-hands

CorporateCulture Meetings
Pretend Family Trick