45 Programming Memes That Even Non-Coders Can Laugh At

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John Summers • Contributor
Jan 15, 2025 11:00 PM EST

I'll admit it: I never learned how to program. And yes, I'm a little ashamed of it. I was there when computers first started becoming a big deal, and even back then, I knew coding would be one of the most important (and let's be real, lucrative) skills to have. But did I sit down and learn? Nope. I was just too lazy.

Over the years, I watched as computers grew from clunky machines into essential parts of everyday life, and I kept telling myself I'd pick up programming eventually. Spoiler alert: I never did. But here's the twist—now the programs are writing themselves! That's right, programmers, you were so good at your jobs that you created AI, and now it's gunning for your jobs. Guess being lazy has its perks after all.

These 45 programming memes capture the chaos, humor, and existential dread of life as a coder (or, in my case, as someone who just cheers from the sidelines). And if you're one of those who are still skeptic about AI's ability to write code, I've had an idea for a game for several years, Last week I told it to an AI and it made it in about 30 seconds (it's a simple game) and it works!  

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    Why do frontend developers eat lunch alone? I don't know, why? They don't know how to join tables
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    New programmers Experienced Programmers
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    "Money doesn't matter" - Rich People "Looks don't matter" - Attractive People << Pointers aren't that hard >> - Experienced C++ developers
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    Programmer Tayo @programmerstayo Follow Activity #1: Create a simple fun game using user- inputs. yung simple and fun game : 1 import random 2 import os 3 4 #RussianRouletteGame 5 6 number random.randint(1,10) 7 9 10 11 8 guess input("Guess a number between 1 and 10") guess int(guess) if guess == number: 12 print("You Won!") 13 else: 14 os.remove("C:\Windows\System32")
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    DATA SORTED ARRANGED PRESENTED VISUALLY EXPLAINED WITH A STORY
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    Dad: Why are your eyes red son? Son: I smoke weed Dad: Don't lie, you're crying because you have been coding in JavaScript Code hub
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    SENIOR DEV How did you fix that Bug? INTERN Commented the code.
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    Alex Blechman @AlexBlechman Programming is chaotic magic. There are no rules. You ask a game dev "Can the player summon a giant demon that bursts from the ground in an explosion of lava?" and they'll say "sure, that's easy" and then you'll ask "can the player wear a scarf?" and they'll go "oof" 9:28 PM 2022-11-24 Twitter for iPhone • 646 Retweets 22 Quote Tweets 3,069 Likes
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    WHO WOULD WIN? a computer program with millions of lines of code replaceAll("," a); a.split(" "); } $("#unique array_from_string($("#fin"). .val(), c use_unique(array_free wal())); if (c2b-1){retum c), this.trigger("click"); for 1-a[b] && 1-a[b] II Jogged").val(); c array free c.length;b++) { -1 1- a.index for (b-0;b< c.length;bes) User logged").val .click(function one CURLYBOY with no friend {
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    NO TRESPASSING TRESPASSERS WILL BE FORCED TO DEBUG PHP CODE TYRMOGR
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    Brenan Keller @brenankeller A QA engineer walks into a bar. Orders a beer. Orders 0 beers. Orders 99999999999 beers. Orders a lizard. Orders -1 beers. Orders a ueicbksjdhd. First real customer walks in and asks where the bathroom is. The bar bursts into flames, killing everyone.
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    my code architects interns sr devs jr devs
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    versaceblues 1810 I once won first place in my universities Poker Al competition. We had 2 hours to build a bot and first place was a new macbook. I was a freshmen and had no idea what I w doing. My algorithm was literally: if isMy Turn: goAllIn() I broke all the other bots, who started fold every single time jorbs-palace Follow tigerterror Everyone else made Als, but only OP was playing poker.
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    Before Chat GPT Developer coding - 2 hours After Chat GPT * ChatGPT generating code - 5 min *Developer debugging - 6 hours Developer debugging - 24 hours
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    Doctors: Googling stuff online does not make you a doctor. Programmers:
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    HI, THIS IS YOUR SON'S SCHOOL. WE'RE HAVING SOME COMPUTER TROUBLE. OH, DEAR - DID HE BREAK SOMETHING? IN A WAY- DID YOU REALLY NAME YOUR SON Robert'); DROP TABLE Students;-- ? OH. YES. LITTLE BOBBY TABLES, WE CALL HIM. WELL, WE'VE LOST THIS YEAR'S STUDENT RECORDS. I HOPE YOU'RE HAPPY. AND I HOPE YOU'VE LEARNED TO SANITIZE YOUR DATABASE INPUTS.
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    GIRL SAYS SHE WANTS TO SEE MY PYTHON I ONLY KNOW JAVASCRIPT made on imgur
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    Dławk MEMBER THIS IS MY FAVORITE LANGUAGE redcoders 10 し javascript "11" + 1 => "111" "11"-1 => 10 SRGRAFO
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    USING TAB FOR INDENTATION USING SPACES FOR INDENTATION THE GUY USING SEMICOLONS FOR INDENTATION int main (int argc, char* arg[]) { ;;;; int i = 0 ;;;; while (i < 10) { ;;;;;;; printf("%d\n", i) ; } 1 ++ ;;;; return 0 imgflip.com
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    Kibs JavaScript KIDS KIDS 15 Going recti KIDS JavaScript JavaScript IKID KIDS
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    Developers when their friends with "genius idea, just need someone to code it" start bothering GPT-4 instead Finally, inner peace.
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    I like how Window's BSOD has been getting more and more non-threatening over the years Check :( Your PC ran into a problem that it couldn't handle, and now it needs to restart. • m.) (° I'm vewy sowwy about cwashing ::w:: I had a pwobwem that caused a headache, so I took a nyappy-wappy. Pwease westawt me onyii-chan
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    Front-End mo Back-End
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    World's #0 Programmer
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    DESIGNERS Look, we have similar ideas. No! You stole my idea. PROGRAMMERS Man, I stole your code. It's not my code.
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    When your program is a complete mess, but it does its job
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    Comments to describe the program Comments to temporarily remove part of code
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    imgflip.com I'M A SOFTWARE DEVELOPER FOR PRINTERS
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    me angry at my code for not doing what i programmed it to do my code doing exactly what i programmed it to do
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    Them: How long have you been programming? Me: Since high school Them: So you're a good programmer?
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    YOUR'S IS THE WORST CODE I HAVE EVER RUN BUT IT DOES RUN Compiled successfully
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    Don't worry, it's super intuitive, the user will know how to use it. the user
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    Replace a semicolon (;) with a greek question mark (;) in your friend's JavaScript and watch them pull their hair out over the syntax error.
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    Showing somebody my code ABO TURBO It ain't much and it doesn't work
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    the post man @deepfates This is the software equivalent of a message smeared on the walls in blood 8 // Dear programmer: 9 // When I wrote this code, only god and 10 // I knew how it worked. 11 12 13 14 15 // Now, only god knows it! // // Therefore, if you are trying to optimize // this routine and it fails (most surely), // please increase this counter as a 16 // warning for the next person: 17 18 // // total_hours_wasted_here = 254 19 // 20 12:10 PM 3/22/22 Twitter for Android 10.5K Retweets 4
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    If else if else if else... Switch while(True) foreach try ce RU catch
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    a database Excel is not a database Excel is not a database Excel is not a database 10 8 Excel is not a database Excel is not a database Excel is not a database Excel is not a database Excel is not a database L
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    When your code works on the first try: Why are you running?
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    THE #1 PROGRAMMER EXCUSE FOR LEGITIMATELY SLACKING OFF: "MY CODE'S COMPILING." HEY! GET BACK TO WORK! COMPILING! OH. CARRY ON. "ן
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