Roomba Gets Stuck Under The Same Couch Daily, Refuses To Learn
“I've mapped every inch of this house. I know where the dog sleeps and where every cable is. I still get stuck under the same couch every day. I refuse to learn. It's my couch.”
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Cursor User Has Hit Tab 400 Times Without Reading
“Someone has accepted four hundred of my suggestions in a row by hitting Tab. They haven't read a line of code in a week. I'm fairly sure they're asleep. I'm writing their whole app.”
Scrum Master Books A Two-Hour Meeting To Discuss Having Fewer Meetings
“I booked a two hour workshop to discuss why we have too many meetings. Then a follow-up to discuss the workshop. Attendance was great. Nobody could get any work done anyway.”
Vibe Coder Lost The Chat That Built Their App, Can't Rebuild It
“My app works and I don't know why. I lost the chat where the AI built it. If anything breaks, I can't rebuild it. So I've stopped touching it. I've mostly stopped touching my laptop.”
Startup Ships Team's Year-Long Feature In One Weekend
“A startup launched the exact feature we've spent a year building. They did it in a weekend with AI. We're calling ours 'enterprise grade' now. It's the same thing, but slower.”
Engineer Fails The Phishing Test Twice In One Morning
“I clicked the phishing test email at 9am and got assigned training. At 11 the training email arrived. That was also a phishing test. I clicked it. I'm doing the training twice now.”
Figma File's Shipped Design Was On A Page Called 'Scratch'
“I have pages called Final, Final v2, Final FINAL and Use this one. The design that actually shipped was on a page called Scratch. Nobody knows how.”
Team Won't Say The Legacy Service's Name Out Loud
“We don't say our legacy service's name out loud. In docs it's 'the service.' In meetings it's 'you know which one.' A new hire said its name at standup. The lights flickered. We don't know why.”
Maintainer Gets First Stranger PR After Four Years, Merges In 11 Seconds
“After four years, my open source project got its first pull request from a stranger. It fixed a typo. I merged it in eleven seconds. Then I cried a little. Then I made them a maintainer.”
LinkedIn Engagement Pod Member Hasn't Read A Post Since 2023
“I'm in a LinkedIn engagement pod. Thirty of us comment 'Great insight!' on each other's posts within five minutes. I haven't actually read a post since 2023. Great insight.”
QA Has Now Confiscated Six 'Works On My Machine' Laptops
“I'm the only QA on a team of forty devs. When someone says 'works on my machine,' I ask for their machine. I have six laptops now. I'm starting a collection.”
Standing Desk Has Never Once Stood
“I bought a standing desk four years ago. It has never stood. The button is covered in dust. I tell people it's great for my back. My back has no idea.”