Chris Burgdorff
@chrisburgdorff.com
Software engineer, dad, gamer, sports fan (Jets, Warriors, Rutgers), musician, wannabe startup founder and future billionaire
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Chris Burgdorff
@chrisburgdorff.com
· Aug 9
Any fool can write code that a computer can understand.
Good programmers write code that a human can understand.
Great programmers write comments that a hungover human can understand.
Good programmers write code that a human can understand.
Great programmers write comments that a hungover human can understand.
November 19, 2025 at 5:16 PM
November 9, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Fulghum Stevens clinching like heavyweights rn.
November 9, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Fulghum Stevens clinching like heavyweights rn.
If I’m using self checkout and an item doesn’t scan, I don’t have to pay for it.
If I need to replace your employees, then I’m also the manager, so it’s my call.
Sorry not sorry.
If I need to replace your employees, then I’m also the manager, so it’s my call.
Sorry not sorry.
November 7, 2025 at 2:01 PM
If I’m using self checkout and an item doesn’t scan, I don’t have to pay for it.
If I need to replace your employees, then I’m also the manager, so it’s my call.
Sorry not sorry.
If I need to replace your employees, then I’m also the manager, so it’s my call.
Sorry not sorry.
Rivers are wild. It just rains in the mountains and then a week later I can go kayaking. Like what?
October 28, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Rivers are wild. It just rains in the mountains and then a week later I can go kayaking. Like what?
October 18, 2025 at 10:44 PM
The worst part about the all these tech layoffs is soon you’ll be walking by a homeless person and say “Sorry I don’t have any cash” and they’ll be like “Just scan this QR code.” #programming
October 14, 2025 at 11:04 PM
The worst part about the all these tech layoffs is soon you’ll be walking by a homeless person and say “Sorry I don’t have any cash” and they’ll be like “Just scan this QR code.” #programming
October 12, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Someone explain how the mediator pattern isn’t an example of egregious over-engineering?
#programming
#programming
October 8, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Someone explain how the mediator pattern isn’t an example of egregious over-engineering?
#programming
#programming
What’s your favorite TV show and why is it Blind Date with Rodger Lodge?
October 8, 2025 at 4:32 PM
What’s your favorite TV show and why is it Blind Date with Rodger Lodge?
October 6, 2025 at 6:03 PM
FIT CHECK FOR MY NAPALM ERA
September 27, 2025 at 2:32 PM
FIT CHECK FOR MY NAPALM ERA
Too late to go to the ATM and the Tooth Fairy might be leaving a check.
September 25, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Too late to go to the ATM and the Tooth Fairy might be leaving a check.
ChatGPT got jokes. I asked it to explain Djikstra's algorithm and said "wasn't he the guy from the Phillies?"
Response: "So nope — Dijkstra never wore a Phillies cap ⚾.
But if he did, he’d probably find the shortest path around the bases."
#programming
Response: "So nope — Dijkstra never wore a Phillies cap ⚾.
But if he did, he’d probably find the shortest path around the bases."
#programming
September 25, 2025 at 9:33 PM
ChatGPT got jokes. I asked it to explain Djikstra's algorithm and said "wasn't he the guy from the Phillies?"
Response: "So nope — Dijkstra never wore a Phillies cap ⚾.
But if he did, he’d probably find the shortest path around the bases."
#programming
Response: "So nope — Dijkstra never wore a Phillies cap ⚾.
But if he did, he’d probably find the shortest path around the bases."
#programming
September 23, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Me trying not to eat the donuts in my fridge
September 22, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Me trying not to eat the donuts in my fridge
Non-buoyant cereal is the worst!
Why I have to decide between dumping cereal in my sink or drinking a gallon of milk?
It’s like the Sophie’s Choice of breakfast.
Why I have to decide between dumping cereal in my sink or drinking a gallon of milk?
It’s like the Sophie’s Choice of breakfast.
September 20, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Non-buoyant cereal is the worst!
Why I have to decide between dumping cereal in my sink or drinking a gallon of milk?
It’s like the Sophie’s Choice of breakfast.
Why I have to decide between dumping cereal in my sink or drinking a gallon of milk?
It’s like the Sophie’s Choice of breakfast.
September 19, 2025 at 1:47 AM
September 17, 2025 at 3:23 PM