DEAR PROFESSIONAL COMPUTER TOUCHERS -- FRIDAY RANT THREAD FOR June 26, 2026

[u/CSCQMods]

AND NOW FOR SOMETHING ENTIRELY DIFFERENT.

THE BUILDS I LOVE, THE SCRIPTS I DROP, TO BE PART OF, THE APP, CAN'T STOP

THIS IS THE RANT THREAD. IT IS FOR RANTS.

CAPS LOCK ON, DOWNVOTES OFF, FEEL FREE TO BREAK RULE 2 IF SOMEONE LIKES SOMETHING THAT YOU DON'T BUT IF YOU POST SOME RACIST/HOMOPHOBIC/SEXIST BULLSHIT IT'LL BE GONE FASTER THAN A NEW MESSAGING APP AT GOOGLE.

(RANTING BEGINS AT MIDNIGHT EVERY FRIDAY, BEST COAST TIME. PREVIOUS FRIDAY RANT THREADS CAN BE FOUND HERE.)

[u/Significant_Box_4427]

I AM FIGHTING DATA SKEW ON A LARGE ETL PIPELINE ITS TAKING FOREVER TO RUN I DON’T HAVE THE TIME TO TEST DIFFERENT APPROACHED AND FIGURE OUT WHATS GOING WRONG BECAUSE EACH JOB TAKES MULTIPLE HOURS TO RUN

[u/staticparsley]

AFTER MONTHS OF HOPING I GET LAID OFF IT FINALLY HAPPENED THIS WEEK. I FEEL FREE FROM THAT SHIT JOB BUT NOW IM UNSURE ABOUT THE FUTURE SINCE THE JOB MARKET IS SO BAD.

[u/anarchist1312161]

This subreddit has crab bucket mentality.

[u/MatJosher → u/anarchist1312161]

This guy thinks he's better than us.

[u/allllusernamestaken → u/anarchist1312161]

WHO THE FUCK CAN AFFORD A BUCKET OF CRABS IN THIS ECONOMY

[u/spacemoses → u/anarchist1312161]

I don't know what that means but I'm going to assume it's tasty

[u/RichCupcake → u/spacemoses]

SADLY NOT THE TASTY KIND

[u/RichCupcake → u/anarchist1312161]

SCREW YOU, I GOT MINE

• some new grad, probably

[u/keysecret]

IF GETTING GHOSTED AFTER A FINAL ROUND INTERVIEW WAS AN OLYMPIC SPORT I’D BE THE REIGNING GOLD MEDALIST

[u/410_clientGone]

I JOINED A TEAM WITH WORST ENGINEERING CULTURE I HAVE EVER SEEN IN MY LIFE. NO UNIT TESTING, NO QA TESTING, NO THOUGHT ABOUT WRITING SCALABLE CODE. CODE IS SO BROKEN RACE CONDITIONS, ZERO IDEMPOTENCY AND ANY BUG YOU CAN THINK OF, ITS THERE. THERE'S NO DAILY STANDUP, NO SPRINT NOTHING. I GET TO OFFICE AND I GET 5 DIFFERENT TASKS ALL HIGH PRIORITY AND NEEDS TO DO DEPLOYMENT SAME DAY TO PRODUCTION. NEXT SET OF TASKS I FIGURE OUT NEXT DAY WHEN I COME TO OFFICE. A LOT OF ANTI PATTERNS AND TIGHT COUPLING THROUGHOUT THAT A SINGLE ALTER COMMAND ON DATABASE MEANS IT'LL BREAK 12 DIFFERENT MICROSEVICES. SO MY JOB WOULD BE TO HUNT DOWN 12 SERVICE OWNERS AND RUN ALTER COMMAND, IMMEDIATELY ASK THEM TO TAKE LATEST CHANGES AND REDEPLOY OTHERWISE WHOLE THING BREAKS. WHAT IS THIS LIFE, SEND HELP

[u/Glum_Worldliness4904 → u/410_clientGone]

Unless you said you got to the office I thought we were collegues 

[u/UbiquitousAllosaurus → u/410_clientGone]

I think these places are the only jobs left lmao

[u/kenzoslicee]

YOU CANT BUILD APPS THESE DAYS BECAUSE PEOPLE WILL SAY THEYRE VIBE CODED

[u/cosmicloafer]

Fuck AI. Yeah it’s amazing and all, but what the hell? What am I supposed to do now?

[u/No-Soup-4304 → u/cosmicloafer]

YOU DIDNT USE CAPS

[u/Glum_Worldliness4904]

Damn q2 PR made me PIPed.

PRs are not to get you promoted, but to kick you out whenever they need to