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July 5, 2026 at 3:55 pm

He Built a Custom Program on His Own Time to Run His Job. When the Company Fired Him and Tried to Steal It, He Sabotaged Their Entire Operation.

He gave them a chance to buy the program, but they thought they knew better.

March 2, 2026 at 5:22 am

Employee Took His First Call After Training, But He Was Shocked When The Customer Started Cursing At Him Even Before He Said His Opening Line

Annoyed woman talking on the landline telephone

Call center jobs teach you more about survival than training manuals ever could.

December 14, 2025 at 12:45 am

Student Refused To Work In A Group Even Though That Was Part Of The Grade, So When The Project Was Turned In, The Teacher Failed Him And Made Him Retake The Class

His grade was better than he deserved.

December 10, 2025 at 3:47 pm

Executives Are “Vibe Coding” Their Ideas And Bringing Them To Developers So They Can Finish The Job, But Is This Really Helping Productivity?

Is vibe coding causing more harm than good?

July 26, 2025 at 11:35 am

Man Caught His Classmate Copying His Code Off His Screen During An Exam, So He Outsmarted Him With Speed And Strategy

Students attending their computer class in high school

Cheaters never win or get a good grade.

May 9, 2025 at 3:49 pm

Google Confirms That About 25% Of All New Code Going Into Their Systems Is Generated By Artificial Intelligence

I love the AI search results.

May 2, 2025 at 12:15 pm

Young Programmer Endured Lots Of Abuse At His Job, But When His Boss Cut His Pay By Half He Left Without Giving Notice And Watched Them Go Under

Bad developer, bad boss, bad person.

April 4, 2025 at 3:49 pm

Hackathon Award Winners Show New AI Technology Can Identify Each Other And Shift Into “Speaking” Their Own Language

What an incredible advancement.

February 7, 2025 at 7:49 pm

New Developer Was Being Taken Advantage Of By His Manager, So When His Contract Was Up He Left The Company With A Major Project Full Of Undocumented Code

Glad to see that it all worked out well in the end.

February 4, 2025 at 5:48 pm

Programmer Was Passed Up For A Promotion In Favor Of Someone Who Knew Nothing About Developing, So He Worked With The Other Programmers To Set Him Up For Failure

Never try to fake knowing how to be a programmer.

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He Built a Custom Program on His Own Time to Run His Job. When the Company Fired Him and Tried to Steal It, He Sabotaged Their Entire Operation.

Employee Took His First Call After Training, But He Was Shocked When The Customer Started Cursing At Him Even Before He Said His Opening Line

Executives Are “Vibe Coding” Their Ideas And Bringing Them To Developers So They Can Finish The Job, But Is This Really Helping Productivity?

Man Caught His Classmate Copying His Code Off His Screen During An Exam, So He Outsmarted Him With Speed And Strategy

Google Confirms That About 25% Of All New Code Going Into Their Systems Is Generated By Artificial Intelligence

Young Programmer Endured Lots Of Abuse At His Job, But When His Boss Cut His Pay By Half He Left Without Giving Notice And Watched Them Go Under

Hackathon Award Winners Show New AI Technology Can Identify Each Other And Shift Into “Speaking” Their Own Language

New Developer Was Being Taken Advantage Of By His Manager, So When His Contract Was Up He Left The Company With A Major Project Full Of Undocumented Code

Programmer Was Passed Up For A Promotion In Favor Of Someone Who Knew Nothing About Developing, So He Worked With The Other Programmers To Set Him Up For Failure

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