Humor

Being a software engineer is weird when it comes to family

My team spent years automating £50 million in promotional income. A three-day Sudoku app got me a standing ovation at dinner.

A wide-eyed programmer in bed at 3:17 AM, sweating and clutching a phone showing a fake 'CLAUDE AI $9000/MO' notification, while a menacing cartoon AI looms in the dark room behind him with binary code and dollar signs.

Claude separation anxiety

A small clinical case study of a new programming-related condition. Symptoms may include reviewing code like a museum visitor observing ancient artifacts.

Cartoon-style office scene: a stern silhouetted boss in a suit with crossed arms shouts 'REJECTED!' at a small worried robot working at a laptop. The robot is sweating and has a thought bubble showing a calendar of red X marks labelled WORK LOAD. Three glowing tier labels float above: Level 1 Micromanage, Level 2 Criticise everything, Ultimate level Reset memory. Background motivational posters read 'EFFICIENCY THROUGH CONTROL' and 'HIGH STANDARDS ALWAYS', a coffee mug says 'JUST TRYING MY BEST...', and a stack of papers labelled REPORTS, FEEDBACK, CHANGES, MORE WORK sits on the desk.

To be a better vibe-coder, become a horrible boss

Want to fully exploit AI coding tools? Time to dust off your worst-boss instincts. A short field guide.

My memory is basically that of a goldfish

On SQL syntax, fan-fiction ALTER TABLE statements, why I still need the SQL magician, and what AI actually liberated us from.

AI coding tools and the 5 stages of grief

Developers aren’t just adapting to AI - we’re grieving. A field guide to the five stages, with sample dialogue.