Ah yes, because what we really needed in 2023 was yet another #protocol acronym . Google's A2A: the exciting new way for #Android, #Chrome, and other #buzzwords to pretend they can talk to each other . Spoiler: it's mostly just developers telling each other, "we don't quite know what we're doing either" .
https://developers.googleblog.com/en/a2a-a-new-era-of-agent-interoperability/ #A2A #developerhumor #HackerNews #ngated

Wow, a #PHP #framework that's not dead—just bloated like a post-pizza nap. Introducing the latest "revolution" by Jeremie: more #bloat on top of bloat, but hey, at least it's not #Laravel, right? Who knew reinventing the wheel could be so... bloated?
https://github.com/jeremie5/dataphyre #Jeremie #ReinventingTheWheel #DeveloperHumor #HackerNews #ngated

2025 Interview with a Vibe Coder

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeNS1ZNHQs8

I had never heard of MCP until this week, and now seemingly it is everywhere.

It reminds me of the classic:

Oh wow, another "game-changer" that's not even available yet. #CSS #Custom #Functions are coming, but don't hold your breath, because you can't use them. Keep dreaming, web design cowboys!
https://www.bram.us/2025/02/09/css-custom-functions-teaser/ #webdesign #technews #gamechanger #developerhumor #HackerNews #ngated

How did the recursive function know it was introverted?
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It kept calling itself.

How do you comfort a broken hard drive?
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You tell it everything’s going to be all byte.

Server Crashed!!!

#TechMemes
#CodingMemes
#DeveloperHumor
#TechLife
#programming

What's the best cardio for programmers?
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Cycling through loops

Who is a computer’s favorite singer?
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A Dell.

in today's adventures in yt_idv spherical volume rendering, I currently have the following files in my directory:

* wtf_is_going_on.png
* wtf_is_going_on_part2.png
* amr_spherical_is_bad.png
* amr_spherical_is_good_actually.png (actually it wasn't good...)

(glad to say that I just figured out the very confusing behavior that I was debugging, and it's a fun bug unrelated to my PR...)

After the numerous #Netflix Tyson/Paul fight #streaming issues, you might have seen a sample resume circulating on socials purporting to be for the person responsible. While I enjoy a good dunk as much as the next guy, this image is photoshopped.

A SQL statement walks into a bar and sees two tables.
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It approaches, and asks "may I join you?"

who the heck called it "debuginfod" and not "DWARF Fortress"?

What's the object-oriented way to become wealthy?
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Inheritance.

I should automate this task that would otherwise take 10 minutes.
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*7 hours later* Why am I like this?

So...which?

There are 10 types of software engineers
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Those that know binary, and those that don't.

I am fortunate to be part of a private Minnesota geek Slack where, today, this gem was dropped:

A programmer is made up of:
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1% writing code
9% reading code
90% trying to understand the code you wrote yesterday