Mike @mstefan

Grumpy old man who writes code. Believer in science, objective reality and human rights. The Earth is an oblate spheroid. Emojis in Unicode are a blight. Southern California Joined March 2008

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gabsmashh @gabsmashh

15 hours ago

become ungovernable. drink 4 energy drinks and push that change to prod on friday afternoon. i believe in you.

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Mike @mstefan

2 days ago

The answer seems to be a resounding "yes".

memeslich 💀 dnd memes @memeslich

2 days ago

The answer seems to be a resounding "yes".

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Mike @mstefan

2 days ago

This is a joke ... or, is it? You need to lock in, kids!

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3 days ago

This is a joke ... or, is it? You need to lock in, kids!

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Mike @mstefan

3 days ago

Florida is going to be an even more interesting place to live in the not-so-distant future. Good luck, folks. cnn.com/2025/09/03/hea…

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Madison @Madisonkanna

4 days ago

If you no longer want to code cause people say it’ll be automated someday, you never really loved it in the first place

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Ladies, if your man: - Repeatedly shows up at the wrong time & looking like a mess - Always streaming tv / movies along with a lot of time in online videogames - Notorious reputation for being “too fast” and not caring about making a connection You may be dating a UDP packet.

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Zuhaitz @zuhaitz_dev

5 days ago

Let's talk about one of the most controversial keywords in C: goto. You have surely been told it's considered harmful and leads to spaghetti code. But is it always bad? Or maybe just misunderstood? (Thread)

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Mike @mstefan

6 days ago

"What in the ever-loving fuck is a hydration error? Sounds like some hipster bullshit a barista would spew when your overpriced oat milk latte isn't wet enough. "Oh, my bad, bro, your coffee's got a hydration error". This is cleansing. justfuckingusehtml.com

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6 days ago

GREG ISENBERG @gregisenberg

7 days ago

https://t.co/3EiqiUXEE8

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Mike @mstefan

7 days ago

Have a thought for our friend @ChatGPTapp who seems to be struggling at the moment.

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Mike @mstefan

7 days ago

Confirmed. We are living in the cursed End Times™.

Jen Gentleman 🌺 @JenMsft

7 days ago

Confirmed. We are living in the cursed End Times™.

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Mike @mstefan

a week ago

So, I had this very obscure issue with a COM object that was only happening under very specific circumstances (E_FAIL, I dislike your generality). Just to see what would happen, I described the problem and gave the source code to ChatGPT 5 Thinking so it could look it over.…

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Mike @mstefan

a week ago

This whole event, with people pulling their hair and raging about "woke" corporate logos, only shows how deeply unserious we are.

Cracker Barrel @CrackerBarrel

a week ago

This whole event, with people pulling their hair and raging about "woke" corporate logos, only shows how deeply unserious we are.

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Dr Ally Louks @DrAllyLouks

4 weeks ago

P.S. I believe this is what they call…a gaming mouse?

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Mike @mstefan

2 weeks ago

Don't share "private" chats with personal information. This should be obvious, but apparently not.

VraserX e/acc @VraserX

2 weeks ago

Don't share "private" chats with personal information. This should be obvious, but apparently not.

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Mike @mstefan

2 weeks ago

How the world ends.

Pliny the Liberator 🐉󠅫󠄼󠄿󠅆󠄵󠄐󠅀󠄼󠄹󠄾󠅉󠅭 @elder_plinius

2 weeks ago

How the world ends.

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Mike @mstefan

3 weeks ago

In the interest of my own financial future, I encourage the next generation of corporate developers to: 1. Ignore the C language. It's too low level. 2. Ignore design principles. Go with your feelings. 3. Vibe coding is the future. Embrace it. I appreciate your help.