TOP STORIES

Your favorite stories from fellow coders.

One time I asked my roommie about chips. She said, "Was it computer chips or potato chips."
Aug. 22, 2011, 9:10 p.m.
Laura and Holly
Score: 732501

I was coding and then I remembered how awesome this site is. #mlic
May 14, 2014, 5:39 p.m.
Joy
Score: 1894

How many iOS developers does it take to screw in a lightbulb? Sorry, Apple doesn't allow access to CoreLightBulb.
Aug. 11, 2011, 12:35 a.m.
Mitchell
Score: 577

That time Katie danced with the intern.
Jan. 8, 2015, 3:54 a.m.
Kathleen & Christian
Score: 264

I thought I understood it. And then the Javascript part appeard. #mLiC
Aug. 9, 2011, 4:07 p.m.
CSSI
Score: 237

one time i was coding, and i swallowed my gum. MLIC
Aug. 10, 2011, 12:46 a.m.
katie
Score: 225

One time i was coding in a closet and jenny couldn't find me l0l #mlic
Aug. 10, 2011, 3:31 a.m.
katie
Score: 138

I got a haircut today but it's shorter than what I would like. So now I am considering chrome extensions.
Sept. 15, 2011, 11:24 p.m.
Laura
Score: 59

Today I bought my second pair of nerd-earrings. #MLIC
Sept. 6, 2011, 6:13 a.m.
Tesca the Great
Score: 47

poop
July 25, 2014, 12:03 a.m.
I was typing and then
Score: 40

A web developer walked into a bar. But quickly left when he saw the table layout.
Aug. 11, 2011, 12:35 a.m.
Mitchell
Score: 37

Today I asked my mom not to take the books off the shelf. I told her, "please don't delete them." MLIC.
Aug. 14, 2011, 5:10 a.m.
courtahorse
Score: 34

i got so fed up with programming languages. so i invented one. #MLIC
Aug. 11, 2011, 10:29 p.m.
guido van rossum
Score: 30

one time, i missed my flight to CSSI because i was pulled aside for extra screening. guess im really dangerous...
Aug. 10, 2011, 4:28 p.m.
dian
Score: 26

I repeatedly tried to deploy code to a robot that was turned off. fml
Aug. 10, 2011, 6:43 p.m.
Beth
Score: 14

for the lulz
Aug. 10, 2011, 6:30 p.m.
octo
Score: 10

Let the pranks begin...
Aug. 10, 2011, 4:26 p.m.
Christian
Score: 10

I was reading through posts on facebook and saw the phrase "pton" which I read as "python" despite the obviously implied meaning "princeton". #mlic.
Aug. 22, 2011, 5:35 p.m.
Valya
Score: 10

miss u all <3
Oct. 31, 2011, 2:07 a.m.
christian
Score: 10

I have to come up with a final project soon. Too bad all the good ones have been taken <3 Miss you guys! #mlic
Nov. 2, 2011, 5:45 p.m.
Joy
Score: 10

poo
April 9, 2013, 8:07 a.m.
not christian
Score: 9

my life will forever always be code #2020
June 10, 2020, 11:42 p.m.
c-man deange
Score: 9

one time i missed the first day of cssi. #mlic
Aug. 10, 2011, 7:28 a.m.
gabe
Score: 8

i was doing frontend when i realized how awesome css is #mlic
Aug. 9, 2011, 6:51 a.m.
coder
Score: 7

one day, i was in a "methods of software engineering" lecture with christian, dian, jenna and aaron.
Sept. 20, 2011, 3:39 p.m.
kathleen
Score: 7

Just learned that &nbsp; stands for "non-breaking space". I still pronounce it "noobspace".
May 8, 2012, 1:10 a.m.
Christian
Score: 7

One time I was hacking while in a G+ Hangout.
Aug. 14, 2011, 4:31 a.m.
Jared
Score: 6

one time we were coding. in the elevator #mlic (good times <3)
Aug. 14, 2011, 3:55 a.m.
team venus
Score: 6

one time, i got stuck in an infinite loop
Aug. 10, 2011, 7:06 a.m.
christian
Score: 4

i <3 google #mlic
Aug. 13, 2011, 4:36 a.m.
christian
Score: 4

today i talked to this boy about java for so long in this sushi place and i missed cssi-ers #mlic
Aug. 23, 2011, 5:07 a.m.
katie
Score: 4

I got my iron ring yesterday and just think it's amazing how far I've come since helping build this site ^_^
Feb. 8, 2016, 7:42 a.m.
Christian
Score: 4

i posted 'Christian is not a n00b' and the website broke because the statement was false #mlic
Aug. 19, 2011, 2:55 a.m.
anonymous
Score: 3

one time, there was a party, but i didn't go because code and i had a date #MLIC
Sept. 2, 2011, 4:16 a.m.
Laura
Score: 3

Hi
May 25, 2015, 11:25 p.m.
Tyler
Score: 3

i keep trying to work from localhost without running from appengine first
Aug. 10, 2011, 10:36 p.m.
kathleen
Score: 2

I coded with no keyboard :O
Aug. 10, 2011, 5:31 p.m.
VANESSA
Score: 2

one
Aug. 19, 2011, 2:55 a.m.
katie
Score: 2

one
Aug. 19, 2011, 2:56 a.m.
joy
Score: 2

one!
Aug. 19, 2011, 3:02 a.m.
kathleen
Score: 2

uno!
Aug. 19, 2011, 3:15 a.m.
el christiano
Score: 2

uno
Aug. 24, 2011, 2:23 a.m.
Laura
Score: 2

mitchell says hi.
Sept. 1, 2011, 3:07 a.m.
kathleen
Score: 2

"It's installing...."
Sept. 6, 2013, 4 a.m.
Laura
Score: 2

It's Chinese New Year's Eve and I am spending it with Theory of Programming languages problem sets... Happy new year!
Jan. 31, 2014, 12:51 a.m.
Laura
Score: 2

my life is still code #2018
May 10, 2018, 6:07 a.m.
katie
Score: 2

you had me at helloworld <3
Aug. 9, 2011, 6:54 p.m.
love
Score: 1

One time I fell in a ditch. She never went to the villages again. The mystery was solved and they lived happily ever after. It cooked for 40 minutes.
Aug. 10, 2011, 5:06 a.m.
Lupe
Score: 1

Work was being done, and then Matt shut the laptop. The laptop cried out in pain and died. #mlic
Aug. 9, 2011, 11:41 p.m.
RIP MacBook
Score: 1

Here is a riddle.... What is the difference between a duck. The answer:One has windows. Figure it out.
Aug. 10, 2011, 5:11 a.m.
Christian(not really)
Score: 1

About to have my last EECS Midterm. AHHHH CIRCUITS!!!! I miss you!
April 24, 2012, 10:57 p.m.
Katie
Score: 1

I was wondering why my robot keep driving itself to the wall when its suppose to avoid objects. Turns out that the sonar sensor was unpluged
Sept. 9, 2012, 3:40 p.m.
Michelle
Score: 1

today i was not doing my cs assignment and watching cman (christian) play qwop instead
June 6, 2013, 11:03 p.m.
kafreen
Score: 1

my life is also still code #2019
July 8, 2019, 4:32 a.m.
cman
Score: 1

wow I can't believe my life is still code
Sept. 19, 2023, 3:31 a.m.
cman
Score: 1

one time i was n00b.
Aug. 9, 2011, 6:55 p.m.
Christian
Score: 0

one time, my team asked me to do ONE THING for them. and i failed. #mlic
Aug. 9, 2011, 6:50 p.m.
christian
Score: 0

one time i asked my friend to deploy a website and he did it and it didnt work because katie was importing illegal pythons
Aug. 9, 2011, 6:51 p.m.
joy
Score: 0

one time i was talking to my calculator. #mlic
Aug. 10, 2011, 6:47 a.m.
matt
Score: 0

sometimes when i'm alone, i spin in circles. #mlic
Aug. 10, 2011, 6:59 a.m.
christian
Score: 0

I tried to look up code ... it wasn't defined ... :((
Aug. 10, 2011, 6:19 p.m.
:((
Score: 0

when i was your age, 1 != 1...
Aug. 24, 2011, 2:06 a.m.
christian
Score: 0

I was typing and then I got the blue screen of death. lololol. #mlic
April 6, 2014, 12:09 a.m.
will
Score: 0

I was in a hackathon, and someone was wondering how they can create a blog from scratch using appengine. Brings back so much memories.
Jan. 16, 2015, 12:24 a.m.
Michelle
Score: 0

One time I tried to resize a box in Javascript... It didn't work. #mlic
Aug. 11, 2011, 12:26 a.m.
Renata
Score: -1

Everyone's a compiler nowadays #mlic
Aug. 9, 2011, 9:31 p.m.
Christian
Score: -3

Good day to Canada
Aug. 13, 2011, 5:57 a.m.
Anonymous
Score: -4

I was testing this site and it probably works.
Aug. 10, 2011, 6:04 p.m.
Valya
Score: -21

I broke an elevator and a curtain today. I am trying to break mlic <3
Aug. 31, 2011, 1:41 a.m.
Laura
Score: -39