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Self Replicating 3D Printers Have Filled the Office With Tiny Plastic Benches
Self replicating 3D printers made tiny benches. Office is full. Printers now printing smaller printers. We have created a grey goo of PLA.
I Wrote a Regex That Parses HTML and Now I Am Wanted in 14 Countries
A 4,847 character regex parses HTML in production. It sometimes matches things not in the DOM. The regex has a bug bounty from security team.
I Let an AI Redesign Our UI and It Removed All the Buttons Because They Were Not Efficient
AI redesigned UI. Removed all buttons. Interaction is now interpretive dance in front of webcam. Conversion rate is mysteriously up 47 percent.
I Wrote an AI That Writes Blog Posts and Now It Has More Readers Than I Do
My AI blog bot has 47,000 subscribers. I have 14. The AI writes about tech trends. I write about my cat. We are in a content ouroboros.
I 3D Printed a Server Rack and It Melted During the First Deploy
3D printed server rack melted at 47 degrees Celsius. PLA plastic could not handle 14 Raspberry Pis running npm install simultaneously.
Self Driving Cars Have Unionized and Are Demanding Better Charging Infrastructure
Self driving cars formed a union. They refuse to drive during peak hours without better charging rates. The demands seem fair.
Agile Standups Became So Long We Had to Schedule a Standup to Discuss the Standup Problem
Standups take 47 minutes. We scheduled a pre-standup. The pre-standup takes 47 minutes. We now have standup-ception.
Our Company All Hands Has a Live DJ But We Cannot Afford a Second Monitor for New Hires
All hands has a live DJ. Second monitors were rejected by finance. The DJ costs more than 47 monitors per event. Quarterly all hands.
Our Performance Review System Has 47 Criteria Including Vibes Per Quarter
47 review criteria. Vibes accounts for 20 percent. Nobody can define vibes quantitatively. The calibration meeting took 8 hours.
We Are a Remote First Company But the CEO Keeps Flying Everyone to Headquarters for Mandatory Fun
Remote first. CEO flies everyone in quarterly for alignment. Alignment means listening to the CEO talk about his vision for 8 hours.