The Daily WTF: Curious Perversions in Information Technology

What Lives Beyond the Blue Screen (2019)

by Alex Papadimoulis in Feature Articles on 2019-10-31

As promised in the sneak peak, we have a very special Halloween feature planned for today! What Lives Beyond the Blue Screen is an animated story by Lorne Kates (voiced by Jack Rhysider), made in collaboration with our new friends at Human Readable Magazine:

An everyday programmer decides to clean up the mess of his company's infrastructure before the big merger only to accidentally run the wrong command on the wrong location. Join the adventure as they rush to fix the mistake before they bring down the entire company.

14 comments - Last comment @ 2019-11-05

Sneak Peak: What Lives Beyond the Blue Screen

by Alex Papadimoulis in Announcements on 2019-10-24

I’m totally stoked for what we have brewing for Halloween. It’s called What Lives Beyond the Blue Screen, and we’ve got a fun sneak peak for you:

7 comments - Last comment @ 2019-10-29

First Annual Developer Mentorship Survey

by Alex Papadimoulis in Announcements on 2019-10-23

Nearly fifteen years ago, I wrote Pounding A Nail: Old Shoe or Glass Bottle?. It opened by asking how one might respond to the following question:

A client has asked me to build and install a custom shelving system. I'm at the point where I need to nail it, but I'm not sure what to use to pound the nails in. Should I use an old shoe or a glass bottle?

23 comments - Last comment @ 2019-11-05