Category: work

  • Like Winning The Lottery

    Like Winning The Lottery

    One of the problems with having a really big service is that, after a point, million-to-one odd occurrences start to happen pretty frequently.

  • Just Add More Threads

    Just Add More Threads

    Hence why the real fix for “we’re running out of threads” is not always just “increase the thread pool.”

  • Hulk Secret

    Hulk Secret

    Laying down on a prospective mattress with my spouse in the mattress store: Sales person: “And what about you, are you comfortable?” Me: “Oh, we don’t need to worry about me. I will be able to sleep.”

  • Anteater

    Anteater

    So my sister tells us at a family gathering how she ate an ant and it turns out that they are sour and our dad adds very emphatically: “Oh yeah, ants are sour.” Excuse me, sir, were we just supposed to know that you already knew the flavor profile of ants?

  • Mixed Messages

    Mixed Messages

    But in all seriousness, at least try using AI for something, yeah?

  • Routine Guilter

    Routine Guilter

    Something like this was suggested for a comic – I’m not casting aspersions on anyone.

  • I’m Your Huckleberry

    I’m Your Huckleberry

    Some problems can be more easily solved from the top down.

  • Lifeline

    Lifeline

    Good luck with that first servicing loop.

  • Unexpectedly Resilient

    Unexpectedly Resilient

    Good ol’ Murphy’s Law. It just never breaks when you want it to, you know?

  • Scheduling Divisions

    Scheduling Divisions

    I am sure that the company would prefer if you could avoid filling out your annual job satisfaction survey right after a really bad on-call loop.