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SilentFox42
SilentFox42
Junior Developer

I wasted 3 months learning Redux before understanding React state

ReactMistake
↑214
GhostOwl99
GhostOwl99
Backend Engineer

Pushed directly to main on a Friday. Took down prod for 4 hours.

DevOpsLesson
↑389
NeonBadger
NeonBadger
Fullstack Dev

Spent a week optimising code that wasn't even the bottleneck

PerformanceDebugging
↑176
CrypticMoth
CrypticMoth
Senior Engineer

Over-engineered a side project so much I never shipped it

ArchitectureShipping
↑301
VoidLynx
VoidLynx
ML Engineer

Trained a model for 2 days with the wrong labels. Noticed at deploy.

MLMistake
↑258
AshPanda
AshPanda
Frontend Dev

Agreed to a deadline without estimating. Worked 3 weekends straight.

CareerPlanning
↑432

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