Programming Leak confirms Kubernetes team using Bash scripts for own deploys Leaked screenshots of internal documentation and messages reveled by an unknown source confirm a myth that the Kubernetes team prefers simple Bash scripts for own deployment tasks. It seems like
Business Dev realizes he is still in the interview stage after 2 years of work Thorough, long interviews are familiar to anyone trying to get a job as a software developer. Certain companies make candidates go through as many as 9 circles of interviews, including
JavaScript Startup raises $480M of VC money in order to fire all native app developers and switch to ElectronJS A regular SaaS company based in San Jose has been offering native macOS and Windows apps for almost 11 years. A glorified CRUD app received minor, but ultimately unnecessary updates
Programming Dev stops suffering from imposter syndrome after realizing he is in fact dumb Impostor syndrome is a common problem among tech professionals. It refers to an internal belief that you are not as competent as others perceive you to be. While many suffer
Web Dev builds powerful blogging setup, suddenly realizes he hates writing A young developer's blogging career abruptly ended in an unexpected twist. Mere hours after finishing a 3-month project of creating the perfect, powerful, customizable blogging setup, the author has been
Business Corporate leaks show that Satan still owes over $400k to Facebook for consulting services According to recent corporate leaks, which include vast archives of accounting documents of Facebook, Inc., Satan not only exists, but often delays payments for services rendered. In particular, it seems
Science AI solves all political, economic and medical problems after parsing Hacker News comments An unprecedented leap forward in politics, global economy and medicine has been made virtually overnight after a powerful artificial intelligence system gained access to Hacker News, a popular discussion forum
Hardware PlayStation 6 rumored to be able to render seven web pages at 30fps simultaneously Sony's newest generation game console PlayStation 5 is yet to become as ubiquitous as PS4. However, the industry is already full of rumors about the next version — PlayStation 6. Among
JavaScript Research: heavy drug users actually understand JavaScript type coercion rules Complicated rules of type coercion of JavaScript have been the bane of existence for many software developers. Recent research reveals interesting correlation between the level of heavy drug use and
Programming Dev surprised his perfect vim/tmux/bash/xmonad setup doesn't alleviate existential crisis After spending nearly 300 hours throughout several months, building the perfect coding productivity setup with vim, tmux, bash, xmonad and several other tools, middle-aged software developer Alex Lewis found himself
Google Major AI breakthrough: YouTube will stop suggesting that one video you've been ignoring since 2011 Several important publications in prestigious scientific journals have finally resulted in a major AI breakthrough which may revolutionize the world as we know it. An immediate practical consequence is that,
Programming Dev becomes rich by stopping buying domain names for never materialized side projects Kate P. from Wisconsin suddenly found out she is rich mere months after she decided to stop purchasing domain names for each side project idea. Most of her side projects
Hardware Volkswagen's electric car allegedly switches on hidden diesel engine when nobody's looking After weeks of extensive road testing, several motoring journalists have reported a suspicious noise coming from under the hood of the new EV from Volkswagen. While many happy owners suspect
Programming Developer says he can fix the Suez canal problem by adding more containers onto the ship A quarter-mile-long, Japanese-owned container ship en route from China to Europe has been stuck in the Suez canal for several days. It is blocking more than a hundred other ships,
Business Facebook acquires Somalia to escape regulations, renames country to Zuckerbergstan Social networking giant Facebook has finalized the acquisition of the African state of Somalia for the price of 4.31 Instagrams. Formally, the unusual business transaction was planned to "connect
Hardware Programmer invents non-moving car, claims "premature optimization is the root of all evil" An ambitious software engineer Nathan Zander, native of Northern California, decided to get into one of the most difficult industries: car manufacturing. To help the transition, Nathan is taking advantage
JavaScript Client-side JS surpasses porn in global traffic stats Pornography has been the top contributor to Internet traffic for a long time. This month another type of morally questionable content had surpassed porn and became the top contributor to
Google Google employees can't pass CAPTCHA asking to "click on squares containing privacy violations" A regular working day of one of Google's numerous departments has come to a halt on Friday afternoon, when a mundane security update forced all employees to re-authorize. The process
Programming God continues to allow new JS frameworks despite endless prayer The official spokesperson of the Roman Catholic Church and The Holy See published a press release filled with clearly worrying undertones. The Church is saying that God still continues to
Business Medical startup struggles to hire full-stack doctors with 75+ years of experience An ambitious medical startup, promised to revolutionize the world of medicine, faced an unexpected challenge: so far, the HR department has managed to hire zero out of necessary 3500 full-stack
Science 14% of energy consumption on Earth attributed to package managers installing other package managers According to the latest Climate Change Reports, nearly 14% of total energy consumption on Earth is attributed solely to package managers installing other package managers as dependencies. For example, npm
Startups Hacker hacks into startup, rewrites complex backend with PostgreSQL and cron, forces CEO to fire 40% of devs and devops A hacker of unknown origins hacked into servers of Complify, a rapidly growing VC-funded startup. When Complify's security specialists noticed the breach, it was too late. However, unexpectedly, the hacker's
Web JS devs don't believe colleague who claims browsers have native scrolling An experienced web developer, who joined a large tech company in Nottingham last month, claims to have discovered a hidden, secret feature built into all web browsers: page scrolling. According
Web Woman forgets why she exists after accepting cookies, denying notifications, rejecting newsletter, blocking location request and closing help chat What started as a mundane web search ended with a deep existential crisis for a young Janet in Baltimore. A regular modern website on the first page of Google search
Web Janitor becomes front-end dev, decides to go back to old job after 4 months Jeffrey R., 47, has lived through a modern story with a happy ending, but not the one you'd expect. After many years of low-paying jobs as a janitor in local
