Memes

A collection of memes about Programming and ultimate questions of life, the Universe, and everything.

Software Engineering

An Engineer who builds a messy house from clear foundation.

A second-system effect? A third-system effect? An n-th system effect?

Typically, a software system will reach this state, despite any tactical efforts. A strategical investment in Clean Architecture gives you a chance to end up differently.

Code, where Dog class extends Animal class.

Every book I read about OOP included these kind of artificial examples of class hierarchy. Why authors don't make a hierarchy of IT-related domain remains a mystery!

A very old-looking k8s admin Mark, who is 22 years old.

As of October 2024, I'm still not intimately familiar with Kubernetes (I used AWS ECS to host microservices). What I learned from people who manage Kubernetes - they are complex, but considering what they provide in aggregate - they are simpler than any other bulk of solutions glued together.