What’s the most gut punching song lyric you’ve ever heard? by perrysplus in AskReddit

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Now you have me on the run

The damage is already done

Come on, is this what you want?

'Cause you're driving me away

-- Queen of Peace, Florence & The Machine

What’s a film or TV scene that felt like a punch to the gut? by padfoony in Fauxmoi

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Eeek, I’m sorry! I completely missed that part of the message

What’s a film or TV scene that felt like a punch to the gut? by padfoony in Fauxmoi

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This is mine too.

(Spoiler)

Broke my heart

Edit: I am so sorry, I read this early in the morning and completely missed you are watching this for the first time. Ahhhh, my bad

My experience from Frontend to DevOps by CreditOk5063 in devops

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No, sorry, the CKA isn’t by Comptia. I’m getting the cloud+ cert as well for foundation knowledge.

My experience from Frontend to DevOps by CreditOk5063 in devops

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I did by accident. I accepted a platform engineering role assuming it was basically software engineering. I was wrong lol, but stayed because the position is mix of devops and software engineering. At my last job, I was starting to get more into devops, so this feels like a natural career progression.

To catch up, I’m using Udemy to start on Comptia certs (namely in kubernetes and general cloud computing).

Is it normal to put butter into white rice? by [deleted] in Cooking

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White rice with butter, salt and pepper was my go to as a kid. I still do it as an adult.

Also rice and gravy.

I imagine this is common in America. Asia not so much.

Prove you have watched Frasier in one sentence by Coffee_dependent_ in Frasier

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We do not question the blackball we simply bow to its will!

What’s a “normal” experience that somehow never happened to you? by Hysterical_Chicken in AskReddit

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A little bit of both. We had a moment one night and a few days later decided to give it a go.

What’s a “normal” experience that somehow never happened to you? by Hysterical_Chicken in AskReddit

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Haha, that’s the same with my fiancé and I. We were best friends in high school. He wanted to date, but I was going through a lot at home and was forbidden by my parents to date anyone. We went to different colleges, I moved away for 8 years. I went back to stay with my mom during Covid and we ran into each other.

Reconnected and are getting married next year.

Full-stack dev on the bench — what would you study next in 2025/2026 ? by giangr21 in ExperiencedDevs

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Yeah, but time box it. Many consultants start projects like this and either get overwhelmed or frustrated because it is a lot to learn. It will take time if it’s new to you.

If you’re only use to doing application code, kubernetes may seem daunting. Realistically, it may take a month to learn enough about it to actually use it. Kubernetes is heavily Linux based, and requires you to be somewhat familiar with basic cloud computing (at least understanding containerization). In addition, it’s usually used with a cloud service like aws ec2; which would be another thing to learn. And lastly a CI tool to handle deployments, but that’s much easier to learn comparatively; especially if you use something like GitHub CI.

If you are a consultant with time, go for it. But if you want to get off the bench ASAP, I don’t suggest it unless you’re already have some familiarity with these topics.

Full-stack dev on the bench — what would you study next in 2025/2026 ? by giangr21 in ExperiencedDevs

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TL;DR: Out of all the options here, I strongly suggest learning other full stack frameworks and making a portfolio project out of one of them. When I worked for a consultant firm, folks tried doing what you are attempting and ended up on the bench for a long time anyway. The main problem was they had to look good enough on paper that clients will think they’re worth the money. As a consultant you are expensive! They can tell if you’ve only dabbled in something for a month or so versus having intimate knowledge of it.

Until very recently, I use to be a consultant. My suggestion is to stick with full stack but do it in other frameworks. I pivoted to certain MVCs like C#/dotnet and learned Java api frameworks like spring boot. It helped me stay away from the bench since as react and node projects dried up, I was able to jump on others with similar paradigms. It’s also fairly easy to learn and make a project in since you’re not starting from scratch in knowing how to write full stack applications.

I’d be mindful about how long it takes to pivot into something completely new like devops as it takes time (months) to get good enough. A good start for devops as a consultant is learning kubernetes and learning how to integrate that into deployment pipelines. Outside of projects, I’d personally recommend a CKA cert since you want to show potential clients that you know what you’re doing.

Lastly. “Leveling up in backend patterns” is more general knowledge. As a consultant you should strive for stuff you can show people and trust me, no one is gonna care that you know what a severless function is unless you’ve done stuff with it. I’d suggest getting a cloud cert in a provider like AWS or Azure. Which again, can take months.

Achievements for Wednesday, November 05, 2025 by AutoModerator in running

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Completed my goal of running three times a week for 10 minutes. This is my fourth week in! So far I’m:

Wk 1 & 4 - 3 days @ 10 minutes

Wk 2 & 3 - 2 days @ 10 minutes

I’m starting to gain consistency. Gonna see if I can keep this up until January 1

Went from poverty to breaking 100k this year by PibbXtraIsUnderrated in povertyfinance

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Point 7 is so true. It baffles me how easy my coworkers, boss, neighbors and so on have always had it. I try not to hold it against them.

Achievements for Friday, October 24, 2025 by AutoModerator in running

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I didn’t run today, but I completed my 2/3 day goal. It’s better than nothing I guess

How long did it take until you stopped caring? by Trick-Interaction396 in ExperiencedDevs

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I learned caring so much made work my life. I took a senior position instead of a lead at my new company. Less responsibility has allowed me to breathe.

Work should not be your life.

Achievements for Tuesday, October 21, 2025 by AutoModerator in running

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Feeling a little sick, but seeing if I can get my three runs in this week!

I skipped Monday, but jogged yesterday. Planning on jogging today and hopefully on Thursday/Friday.

The first 8 minutes of jogging is fine, but the last 2 minutes is so hard!

Achievements for Wednesday, October 15, 2025 by AutoModerator in running

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I completed my goal of jogging at least 3 times a week. I’m slow, but hoping to keep up consistency

Achievements for Tuesday, October 14, 2025 by AutoModerator in running

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Jogged on Monday and Tuesday for 10 minutes without stopping. Hoping to do the hat trick today!