Programming Facts

I disabled CSRF protection temporarily. That was six months ago.

A programmer has a problem. They decide to use floating-point numbers. Now they have 1.000000000000000009 problems.

You can store the session token in window.name. You probably shouldn’t.

Bash tip: !! repeats the last command, and !$ repeats the last argument. Dangerous power in two keystrokes.

Rustacean – Fearless, safe, and fiercely loyal to lifetimes.

Caching static assets with versioned filenames (e.g., style.v2.css) helps prevent users from seeing stale files.

Security warning? Just click “Ignore and proceed” like a real dev.

HTML5 form validation (required, pattern, etc.) gives free UX improvements — no JavaScript required.

I asked for a weekend off. They gave me on-call duty instead.

There are only 10 kinds of people in this world: those who know binary and those who don't.

My code doesn’t have bugs. It has undocumented existential crises.

You can use loading="lazy" on <img> and <iframe> tags — it delays loading until they're nearly in view. It's the introvert's image tag.

password1 is weak. Add a ! and you’re basically Fort Knox.

Autocorect on a password input sounds horrible.

Don’t hardcode secrets. Comment them out instead.

Perl doesn’t have bugs, it has “undocumented regex features.”

You can build a 3D engine with WebGL. You probably shouldn’t unless you're avoiding therapy.

Python: Where whitespace is syntax and indentation anxiety is real.

Bash tip: !! repeats the last command, and !$ repeats the last argument. Dangerous power in two keystrokes.

React's “useEffect” is the modern developer’s rite of confusion. Dan, you might not need to use it.

JavaScript is loosely typed. So loose it lets you call null a number and == ! true.

You can build a calculator with CSS and checkboxes. Just don’t let it near real users.

React developers don’t age—they just rerender.

Yes, you can still use OpenGL 1.1… but no, you shouldn’t.

Vim users don’t quit. Because they can’t.

OpenGL is cross-platform and works just about everywhere, from PCs to refrigerators.

WebAssembly runs at near native speeds. Thankfully programming languages don't get speeding tickets.

Flexbox fixes everything—until it doesn't. Then Grid fixes that. Then you quit.

Use pointer-events: none; in CSS to let clicks "pass through" an element — great for overlays that shouldn’t intercept clicks. It's the CSS equivalent of a ghost.

Swift: Like Objective-C, but without the trauma.