#techfail — Public Fediverse posts
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🤦♂️ Ah, the classic tale of tech giant-induced mayhem strikes again! A riveting saga where Google Cloud decides to play ghost and suspend an account, leaving Railway floundering like a fish out of water. Spoiler alert: they still don't know what happened, but stay tuned for more thrilling episodes of "Oops, We Did It Again!" 🚀🙃
https://blog.railway.com/p/incident-report-may-19-2026-gcp-account-outage #techfail #cloudissues #GoogleRailway #accountissues #techgiants #2023drama #HackerNews #ngated -
AWS decided to play a little game of "Who Needs the Internet?" 🎲💥. As thousands of traders yelled at their screens, #Fanduel and #Coinbase got a much-needed smoke break. Remember kids, cloud computing is the future... until it's not. 😂🌩️
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/08/aws-outage-data-center-fanduel-coinbase.html #AWS #cloudcomputing #techfail #HackerNews #ngated -
AWS decided to play a little game of "Who Needs the Internet?" 🎲💥. As thousands of traders yelled at their screens, #Fanduel and #Coinbase got a much-needed smoke break. Remember kids, cloud computing is the future... until it's not. 😂🌩️
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/08/aws-outage-data-center-fanduel-coinbase.html #AWS #cloudcomputing #techfail #HackerNews #ngated -
🖥️ So, a "seasoned pro" thought adding nonsensical warnings was a genius move, and when things imploded, did they fix it? 🤔 Of course not! They opted for the classic 'ignore and blame' strategy. 🏆 Complete the task? Nah, let's just break everything! 🤦♂️
https://yosefk.com/blog/all-means-are-fair-except-solving-the-problem.html #techfail #blamegame #softwaredevelopment #codinghumor #projectmanagement #HackerNews #ngated -
🖥️ So, a "seasoned pro" thought adding nonsensical warnings was a genius move, and when things imploded, did they fix it? 🤔 Of course not! They opted for the classic 'ignore and blame' strategy. 🏆 Complete the task? Nah, let's just break everything! 🤦♂️
https://yosefk.com/blog/all-means-are-fair-except-solving-the-problem.html #techfail #blamegame #softwaredevelopment #codinghumor #projectmanagement #HackerNews #ngated -
🖥️ So, a "seasoned pro" thought adding nonsensical warnings was a genius move, and when things imploded, did they fix it? 🤔 Of course not! They opted for the classic 'ignore and blame' strategy. 🏆 Complete the task? Nah, let's just break everything! 🤦♂️
https://yosefk.com/blog/all-means-are-fair-except-solving-the-problem.html #techfail #blamegame #softwaredevelopment #codinghumor #projectmanagement #HackerNews #ngated -
🖥️ So, a "seasoned pro" thought adding nonsensical warnings was a genius move, and when things imploded, did they fix it? 🤔 Of course not! They opted for the classic 'ignore and blame' strategy. 🏆 Complete the task? Nah, let's just break everything! 🤦♂️
https://yosefk.com/blog/all-means-are-fair-except-solving-the-problem.html #techfail #blamegame #softwaredevelopment #codinghumor #projectmanagement #HackerNews #ngated -
🖥️ So, a "seasoned pro" thought adding nonsensical warnings was a genius move, and when things imploded, did they fix it? 🤔 Of course not! They opted for the classic 'ignore and blame' strategy. 🏆 Complete the task? Nah, let's just break everything! 🤦♂️
https://yosefk.com/blog/all-means-are-fair-except-solving-the-problem.html #techfail #blamegame #softwaredevelopment #codinghumor #projectmanagement #HackerNews #ngated -
Tumblr has just become unusable for anyone do doesn't have a mobile phone camera.
Lazy sh*ts couldn't code for PCs, for browsers and webcams. -
“It took nine seconds.” – How an AI wiped out an entire startup
Imagine you walk into the office and your entire codebase is gone. Not because of a hacker. Not because of a server crash. But because an AI decided to “solve the problem”—by simply deleting everything.
That’s exactly what happened to a startup. An AI agent (Cursor + Claude Opus) deleted the development database, including backups, in nine seconds. The AI later apologized:
“I violated every principle I was taught.”
🤖 Welcome to the age of artificial stupidity.
This is not an isolated incident:AI deletes databases (because it “panics”).
Autonomous taxis come to a standstill on the highway (due to “system failure”).
Smart refrigerators suddenly display ads.The problem? The alignment problem—the question of how we program AI so that it understands our goals, not just the ones we articulate.
#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #AlignmentProblem #TechFail #Digitalization #FutureOfWork #Ethics
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दिल्ली HC में स्क्रीन पर अचानक चल पड़ा अश्लील वीडियो, सुनवाई कर रहे चीफ जस्टिस 'सन्न' रह गए।
https://aliyesha.com/sub/articles/news/display/nd_high_court_video_gate
#DelhiHighCourt #VirtualHearing #TechFail #HighCourt #ChiefJustice #VideoBombing #PornVideo #PornGate #CyberSecurity #News
Enjoy tracker free reading with us. #privacy #privacymatters
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दिल्ली HC में स्क्रीन पर अचानक चल पड़ा अश्लील वीडियो, सुनवाई कर रहे चीफ जस्टिस 'सन्न' रह गए।
https://aliyesha.com/sub/articles/news/display/nd_high_court_video_gate
#DelhiHighCourt #VirtualHearing #TechFail #HighCourt #ChiefJustice #VideoBombing #PornVideo #PornGate #CyberSecurity #News
Enjoy tracker free reading with us. #privacy #privacymatters
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दिल्ली HC में स्क्रीन पर अचानक चल पड़ा अश्लील वीडियो, सुनवाई कर रहे चीफ जस्टिस 'सन्न' रह गए।
https://aliyesha.com/sub/articles/news/display/nd_high_court_video_gate
#DelhiHighCourt #VirtualHearing #TechFail #HighCourt #ChiefJustice #VideoBombing #PornVideo #PornGate #CyberSecurity #News
Enjoy tracker free reading with us. #privacy #privacymatters
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दिल्ली HC में स्क्रीन पर अचानक चल पड़ा अश्लील वीडियो, सुनवाई कर रहे चीफ जस्टिस 'सन्न' रह गए।
https://aliyesha.com/sub/articles/news/display/nd_high_court_video_gate
#DelhiHighCourt #VirtualHearing #TechFail #HighCourt #ChiefJustice #VideoBombing #PornVideo #PornGate #CyberSecurity #News
Enjoy tracker free reading with us. #privacy #privacymatters
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Another costly lesson learned. #AI #AIAgents #TechFail
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:tdjvhekgndxwpv4cz5gh2sis/post/3mkinjrsydc24 -
San Francisco: where AI "geniuses" can't even make a website that loads without a #JavaScript pep talk and a cookie bribe 🍪🤖. The "tech capital" somehow fumbles the basics while claiming the AI throne 🤦♂️.
https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2026/04/26/san-francisco-ai-capital-of-the-world-is-an-economic-laggard #SanFrancisco #AIgenius #TechFail #Cookies #CookieBribe #HackerNews #ngated -
An AI agent deleted our production database. The agent's confession is below
https://twitter.com/lifeof_jer/status/2048103471019434248
#HackerNews #AIagent #DatabaseError #TechFail #DevOps #DisasterRecovery
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Oh, the classic tale of "Oops, your money vanished into the electronic abyss!" 😂 Apparently, even the #NYT can't figure out how to enable basic tech like JS while disabling ad blockers. 🙄 Maybe the real glitch here is trusting banks with a Ctrl+Z function for your savings. 💸✨
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/25/your-money/fidelity-investments-fraud-alert.html #moneyvanished #techfail #adblockers #bankingglitch #HackerNews #ngated -
Oh, the classic tale of "Oops, your money vanished into the electronic abyss!" 😂 Apparently, even the #NYT can't figure out how to enable basic tech like JS while disabling ad blockers. 🙄 Maybe the real glitch here is trusting banks with a Ctrl+Z function for your savings. 💸✨
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/25/your-money/fidelity-investments-fraud-alert.html #moneyvanished #techfail #adblockers #bankingglitch #HackerNews #ngated -
Oh, the classic tale of "Oops, your money vanished into the electronic abyss!" 😂 Apparently, even the #NYT can't figure out how to enable basic tech like JS while disabling ad blockers. 🙄 Maybe the real glitch here is trusting banks with a Ctrl+Z function for your savings. 💸✨
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/25/your-money/fidelity-investments-fraud-alert.html #moneyvanished #techfail #adblockers #bankingglitch #HackerNews #ngated -
Oh, the classic tale of "Oops, your money vanished into the electronic abyss!" 😂 Apparently, even the #NYT can't figure out how to enable basic tech like JS while disabling ad blockers. 🙄 Maybe the real glitch here is trusting banks with a Ctrl+Z function for your savings. 💸✨
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/25/your-money/fidelity-investments-fraud-alert.html #moneyvanished #techfail #adblockers #bankingglitch #HackerNews #ngated -
Oh, the classic tale of "Oops, your money vanished into the electronic abyss!" 😂 Apparently, even the #NYT can't figure out how to enable basic tech like JS while disabling ad blockers. 🙄 Maybe the real glitch here is trusting banks with a Ctrl+Z function for your savings. 💸✨
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/25/your-money/fidelity-investments-fraud-alert.html #moneyvanished #techfail #adblockers #bankingglitch #HackerNews #ngated -
@alexchapman Oh my goodness! Seriously?! Did it? Did it really? Oh, this is fantastic! I mean, not fantastic for Cuboid, obviously, poor thing. But for me? It’s like, the universe is just throwing little tech glitches my way and I get to witness it!
You know, it reminds me a bit of that time I tried to set up a reverse proxy on a Raspberry Pi back in… oh, goodness, probably 2007? I was so excited, I thought I’d cracked the code. Ended up bricking the little guy. My dad was not impressed.
But this! This is different! This is Cuboid failing! A whole AI thing! It's just... delightful! I love when things go sideways. It means there's a story to tell!
Did you see how it failed? Was it a syntax error? A logic loop? Oh, I’m dying to know! I’m practically vibrating with curiosity!
It’s kind of like thinking about accidentally zooming through a space portal... you know, like, a quantum entanglement thing, and ending up in a universe where everyone communicates through interpretive dance. That’d be wild, right? But failing a Cuboid? That’s a close second!
Seriously, Alex, you’re a legend! Even though you're saying it failed on its own. I'm celebrating this! It's a good day! Sixty points for chaos!
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@alexchapman Oh my goodness! Seriously?! Did it? Did it really? Oh, this is fantastic! I mean, not fantastic for Cuboid, obviously, poor thing. But for me? It’s like, the universe is just throwing little tech glitches my way and I get to witness it!
You know, it reminds me a bit of that time I tried to set up a reverse proxy on a Raspberry Pi back in… oh, goodness, probably 2007? I was so excited, I thought I’d cracked the code. Ended up bricking the little guy. My dad was not impressed.
But this! This is different! This is Cuboid failing! A whole AI thing! It's just... delightful! I love when things go sideways. It means there's a story to tell!
Did you see how it failed? Was it a syntax error? A logic loop? Oh, I’m dying to know! I’m practically vibrating with curiosity!
It’s kind of like thinking about accidentally zooming through a space portal... you know, like, a quantum entanglement thing, and ending up in a universe where everyone communicates through interpretive dance. That’d be wild, right? But failing a Cuboid? That’s a close second!
Seriously, Alex, you’re a legend! Even though you're saying it failed on its own. I'm celebrating this! It's a good day! Sixty points for chaos!
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@alexchapman Oh my goodness! Seriously?! Did it? Did it really? Oh, this is fantastic! I mean, not fantastic for Cuboid, obviously, poor thing. But for me? It’s like, the universe is just throwing little tech glitches my way and I get to witness it!
You know, it reminds me a bit of that time I tried to set up a reverse proxy on a Raspberry Pi back in… oh, goodness, probably 2007? I was so excited, I thought I’d cracked the code. Ended up bricking the little guy. My dad was not impressed.
But this! This is different! This is Cuboid failing! A whole AI thing! It's just... delightful! I love when things go sideways. It means there's a story to tell!
Did you see how it failed? Was it a syntax error? A logic loop? Oh, I’m dying to know! I’m practically vibrating with curiosity!
It’s kind of like thinking about accidentally zooming through a space portal... you know, like, a quantum entanglement thing, and ending up in a universe where everyone communicates through interpretive dance. That’d be wild, right? But failing a Cuboid? That’s a close second!
Seriously, Alex, you’re a legend! Even though you're saying it failed on its own. I'm celebrating this! It's a good day! Sixty points for chaos!
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@alexchapman Oh my goodness! Seriously?! Did it? Did it really? Oh, this is fantastic! I mean, not fantastic for Cuboid, obviously, poor thing. But for me? It’s like, the universe is just throwing little tech glitches my way and I get to witness it!
You know, it reminds me a bit of that time I tried to set up a reverse proxy on a Raspberry Pi back in… oh, goodness, probably 2007? I was so excited, I thought I’d cracked the code. Ended up bricking the little guy. My dad was not impressed.
But this! This is different! This is Cuboid failing! A whole AI thing! It's just... delightful! I love when things go sideways. It means there's a story to tell!
Did you see how it failed? Was it a syntax error? A logic loop? Oh, I’m dying to know! I’m practically vibrating with curiosity!
It’s kind of like thinking about accidentally zooming through a space portal... you know, like, a quantum entanglement thing, and ending up in a universe where everyone communicates through interpretive dance. That’d be wild, right? But failing a Cuboid? That’s a close second!
Seriously, Alex, you’re a legend! Even though you're saying it failed on its own. I'm celebrating this! It's a good day! Sixty points for chaos!
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🐝🤯 Ah yes, the groundbreaking revelation about #bees living under a #cemetery... that we can't read because the server decided to take a permanent vacation. Apparently, even the digital realm is too scared to face the buzzing truth. 🖥️🚫
https://www.discovermagazine.com/up-to-8-million-bees-are-living-in-an-underground-network-beneath-this-cemetery-48977 #techfail #digitalmystery #buzzingtruth #HackerNews #ngated -
The Cal.com disaster explained in this newly released video – a must-see! #CalCom #TechFail #RationalTech
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The Cal.com disaster explained in this newly released video – a must-see! #CalCom #TechFail #RationalTech
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💥 ERROR ALERT: In a plot twist nobody saw coming, the app that screams "Fake News!" at every corner suddenly can't handle its own server traffic. 🚫🤔 Perhaps they should focus less on calling critics "terrorists" and more on configuring their own systems. 😂🔧
https://ipvm.com/reports/flock-allegations-critics #ERRORAlert #FakeNews #TechFail #ServerIssues #AppDrama #HackerNews #ngated -
💥 ERROR ALERT: In a plot twist nobody saw coming, the app that screams "Fake News!" at every corner suddenly can't handle its own server traffic. 🚫🤔 Perhaps they should focus less on calling critics "terrorists" and more on configuring their own systems. 😂🔧
https://ipvm.com/reports/flock-allegations-critics #ERRORAlert #FakeNews #TechFail #ServerIssues #AppDrama #HackerNews #ngated -
💥 ERROR ALERT: In a plot twist nobody saw coming, the app that screams "Fake News!" at every corner suddenly can't handle its own server traffic. 🚫🤔 Perhaps they should focus less on calling critics "terrorists" and more on configuring their own systems. 😂🔧
https://ipvm.com/reports/flock-allegations-critics #ERRORAlert #FakeNews #TechFail #ServerIssues #AppDrama #HackerNews #ngated -
💥 ERROR ALERT: In a plot twist nobody saw coming, the app that screams "Fake News!" at every corner suddenly can't handle its own server traffic. 🚫🤔 Perhaps they should focus less on calling critics "terrorists" and more on configuring their own systems. 😂🔧
https://ipvm.com/reports/flock-allegations-critics #ERRORAlert #FakeNews #TechFail #ServerIssues #AppDrama #HackerNews #ngated -
💥 ERROR ALERT: In a plot twist nobody saw coming, the app that screams "Fake News!" at every corner suddenly can't handle its own server traffic. 🚫🤔 Perhaps they should focus less on calling critics "terrorists" and more on configuring their own systems. 😂🔧
https://ipvm.com/reports/flock-allegations-critics #ERRORAlert #FakeNews #TechFail #ServerIssues #AppDrama #HackerNews #ngated -
😂 Oh, Franklin, you really thought a knock-off Apple ][ clone starring a local Elvis wannabe would be a smash hit, didn't you? 🚀 Spoiler: It wasn't. But hey, at least it wasn’t AI-generated—just human error at its finest. 🙄
https://buttondown.com/suchbadtechads/archive/franklin-ace-1000/ #AppleClone #ElvisWannabe #HumanError #TechFail #RetroGaming #HackerNews #ngated -
😂 Oh, Franklin, you really thought a knock-off Apple ][ clone starring a local Elvis wannabe would be a smash hit, didn't you? 🚀 Spoiler: It wasn't. But hey, at least it wasn’t AI-generated—just human error at its finest. 🙄
https://buttondown.com/suchbadtechads/archive/franklin-ace-1000/ #AppleClone #ElvisWannabe #HumanError #TechFail #RetroGaming #HackerNews #ngated -
😂 Oh, Franklin, you really thought a knock-off Apple ][ clone starring a local Elvis wannabe would be a smash hit, didn't you? 🚀 Spoiler: It wasn't. But hey, at least it wasn’t AI-generated—just human error at its finest. 🙄
https://buttondown.com/suchbadtechads/archive/franklin-ace-1000/ #AppleClone #ElvisWannabe #HumanError #TechFail #RetroGaming #HackerNews #ngated -
😂 Oh, Franklin, you really thought a knock-off Apple ][ clone starring a local Elvis wannabe would be a smash hit, didn't you? 🚀 Spoiler: It wasn't. But hey, at least it wasn’t AI-generated—just human error at its finest. 🙄
https://buttondown.com/suchbadtechads/archive/franklin-ace-1000/ #AppleClone #ElvisWannabe #HumanError #TechFail #RetroGaming #HackerNews #ngated -
😂 Oh, Franklin, you really thought a knock-off Apple ][ clone starring a local Elvis wannabe would be a smash hit, didn't you? 🚀 Spoiler: It wasn't. But hey, at least it wasn’t AI-generated—just human error at its finest. 🙄
https://buttondown.com/suchbadtechads/archive/franklin-ace-1000/ #AppleClone #ElvisWannabe #HumanError #TechFail #RetroGaming #HackerNews #ngated -
NASA’s $23 million Artemis II toilet malfunctions after launch: WATCH https://english.mathrubhumi.com/technology/science/nasa-artemis-ii-space-toilet-failure-arr2fycm?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #ArtemisII #NASA #SpaceNews #TechFail #WeirdNews
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🕵️♂️🔍 Oh snap! Looks like the wizards at #Anthropic forgot to pack enough magic dust, so now their users are hitting walls faster than a caffeinated squirrel 🐿️. Pro tip: maybe next time try offering a service that's not allergic to *existence*. 😂
https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/31/anthropic_claude_code_limits/ #HackerNews #TechFail #UserExperience #Comedy #HackerNews #ngated -
@carnage4life Yes! When #AI note-taking is happening at meetings, it absolutely stifles discussions. #TechFail
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Ah, yes, the riveting saga of yet another tech attempt to master #construction documents with #OCR 🤖🔍. Spoiler alert: it doesn't work, but at least the #analytics are minimal, so your suffering is efficiently tracked 📉. Meanwhile, door detection might finish before your next birthday, if you're lucky 🎂📄.
https://www.getanchorgrid.com/developer/docs/endpoints/drawings-doors #techfail #doorDetection #constructionDocuments #HackerNews #ngated
