Honest definitions from work and life

  • Vision Inflation

    noun

    When your product is basic, but your vision statement in the pitch sounds like it will reshape the fabric of humanity.

    Investor 1: "So what does it do? What's your vision?"
    You (probably): "An app that re-architectures and shapes time for humanity to make the world a better place."
    Investor 2: "You're vision inflating a fricking calendar app?"

    karthik on May 18, 2025

  • Deployment

    noun

    A classic case of quick and easy three-part setup with Docker, environment variables, and endless psychological suffering that is guaranteed to work the first time.

    Yo! It's deployment time!
    Prod or staging?
    Do you care?
    Alright, let's do this!

    genie_boy33 on April 2, 2025

  • Administrator

    noun

    The person in your new company who you'd be friends with... until you meet the other employees.

    dudeoctopus on September 8, 2024

  • Human

    noun

    Monkey that turned intelligent through evolutionary pressure and is now doomed to vote, work 9 to 5, open, stare, and close a screen, open, stare, and close the fridge, eat, love if lucky, hate if unlucky, sleep and dream if lucky, stare at the ceiling if unlucky, and repeat.

    Humans say they want happiness but spend their lives chasing whatever lights up their brain for five seconds.

    CaptainWTF on September 8, 2024

  • Adult

    noun

    A person who realizes that "doing what I love" actually means "doing what pays the rent".

    CaptainWTF on September 1, 2024