Programming Facts
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Daily pseudorandom fun facts / jokes about programming.
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HTML isn't a programming language — but it's the bones of the web. Did you expect a joke here?
November 20, 2025 at 5:00 PM
HTML isn't a programming language — but it's the bones of the web. Did you expect a joke here?
OpenGL is cross-platform and works just about everywhere, from PCs to refrigerators.
November 19, 2025 at 5:00 PM
OpenGL is cross-platform and works just about everywhere, from PCs to refrigerators.
Why did the <button> get promoted? It had great type and knew when to submit.
November 18, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Why did the <button> get promoted? It had great type and knew when to submit.
Yes, there’s a Git client in Emacs. No, I won’t show you how.
November 17, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Yes, there’s a Git client in Emacs. No, I won’t show you how.
You can embed VBA macros in PowerPoint. You probably shouldn't.
November 16, 2025 at 5:00 PM
You can embed VBA macros in PowerPoint. You probably shouldn't.
All our sensitive user data is anonymized by renaming "user_id" to "uid123".
November 15, 2025 at 5:00 PM
All our sensitive user data is anonymized by renaming "user_id" to "uid123".
SSO is great — until every service goes down at once.
November 14, 2025 at 5:00 PM
SSO is great — until every service goes down at once.
Haskell programmers don’t do things—they describe them happening eventually.
November 13, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Haskell programmers don’t do things—they describe them happening eventually.
OpenGL is cross-platform and works just about everywhere, from PCs to refrigerators.
November 12, 2025 at 5:00 PM
OpenGL is cross-platform and works just about everywhere, from PCs to refrigerators.
Rubist – Believes everything is an object, even their sense of style.
November 11, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Rubist – Believes everything is an object, even their sense of style.
Security review? Nah, we have a VPN.
November 10, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Security review? Nah, we have a VPN.
Production is just the place where hope and logging go to die.
November 9, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Production is just the place where hope and logging go to die.
Vulkan is the bare-metal graphics API — think “assembly language” for GPUs.
November 8, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Vulkan is the bare-metal graphics API — think “assembly language” for GPUs.
Angular went from AngularJS (1.x) to Angular (2+), breaking hearts and backward compatibility.
November 7, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Angular went from AngularJS (1.x) to Angular (2+), breaking hearts and backward compatibility.
A 404 means "Not Found." Just like documentation for that legacy API.
November 6, 2025 at 5:00 PM
A 404 means "Not Found." Just like documentation for that legacy API.
JSON is a lie. It's JavaScript Object Notation, but JavaScript can’t even parse it without crying.
November 5, 2025 at 5:00 PM
JSON is a lie. It's JavaScript Object Notation, but JavaScript can’t even parse it without crying.
Security is everyone’s responsibility. So I made it no one's job.
November 4, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Security is everyone’s responsibility. So I made it no one's job.
HTML is forgiving. Too forgiving. That’s how we got here.
November 3, 2025 at 5:00 PM
HTML is forgiving. Too forgiving. That’s how we got here.
Java: Because every hello world needs 42 lines and a class hierarchy.
November 2, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Java: Because every hello world needs 42 lines and a class hierarchy.
Security review? Nah, we have a VPN.
November 1, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Security review? Nah, we have a VPN.
Why did the web designer break up with the desktop? Because they found someone more responsive! (is this too much?)
October 31, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Why did the web designer break up with the desktop? Because they found someone more responsive! (is this too much?)
You can write a calculator in CSS. But the real math is in the padding.
October 30, 2025 at 5:00 PM
You can write a calculator in CSS. But the real math is in the padding.
Visual Studio Code is built with Electron—yes, it’s basically a glorified browser that runs your code better than your actual browser.
October 29, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Visual Studio Code is built with Electron—yes, it’s basically a glorified browser that runs your code better than your actual browser.
You can implement recursion with macros in C. You probably shouldn’t.
October 28, 2025 at 5:00 PM
You can implement recursion with macros in C. You probably shouldn’t.
You can build CPUs, calculators, and even functional phones inside Minecraft.
October 28, 2025 at 6:46 AM
You can build CPUs, calculators, and even functional phones inside Minecraft.