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Development Methods (lemmy.ml)
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Like programming in bash (lemmy.ml)
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When you look at code you wrote last year (lemmy.ml)
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Guide to software developer job advertisements (lemmy.ml)
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Finally (lemmy.ml)
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A typical software developer posting (lemmy.ml)
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If it works, it works (lemmy.ml)
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Interruptions (lemmy.ml)
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Not sure 🤔 (lemmy.world)
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) (Whew!) (programming.dev)
submitted 4 days ago by bitcrafter to c/programmer_humor
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Someone had to do this before the riots started.

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Not incorrect. (mander.xyz)
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(How to trigger programmers (and make them irrationally angry) (self.programmer_humor)
submitted 5 days ago by potoo22 to c/programmer_humor
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Probably not a good title to seek upvotes. If it does get upvotes, more programmers get share in your pain 😅

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The state should be purely passed through function inputs and outputs (lemmy.world)
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Bug priority (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
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TIL that "nginx" is pronounced "engine-x", and not "n-jinx" (sh.itjust.works)
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nginx ("engine x") is an HTTP web server, reverse proxy, content cache, load balancer, TCP/UDP proxy server, and mail proxy server. […] [1]

I still pronounce it as "n-jinx" in my head.

References

  1. Title (website): "nginx". Publisher: NGINX. Accessed: 2025-02-26T23:25Z. URI: https://nginx.org/en/.
    • §"nginx". ¶1.
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Tradeoffs (lemmy.ml)
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Informative recursion tutorial. (youtu.be)
submitted 4 days ago by runeko to c/programmer_humor
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... from back when a nickle could buy a photograph.

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What's stopping you from writing your Rust like this? (lemmy.ml)
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Curious why they tried to send a file from a windows machine via IMessage (sh.itjust.works)
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What's next? Picoservices? (medium.com)
submitted 1 week ago by Horrabin to c/programmer_humor
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I didn't see this coming and I think it's funny, so I decided to post it here.

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It’s not working! Should I blame caching? (shouldiblamecaching.com)
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sony why rule (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
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my u2 spy plane doesnt fit the u2 slot rule (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
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A relatable situation (lemmy.ml)
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How Docker was born (lemmy.ml)
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