Understanding programmer memes

You got some friends programmers and want a level-up in communication with them?
Wish to understand your nearest programmer better? Like your boyfriend is a programmer and you feel like knowing what is he talking about?

Here is the list of best memes about coding! You will learn the basics of programmer jokes on really cute examples.

My name is Hanna and I will be your guide. Actually I’m a designer and illustrator, but I love programming cute Apps.
In the 2000s I used to be a Java Script 2.0 Pro (that was a nice programming language for websites and animations, which is unfortunately no longer supported). Also I’ve got some CSS, PHP and MySQL knowledge. My new passion, C# – an elegant, variable and almost intuitive programming language. So I do understand some programmer memes and jokes right away.

I have gathered all best basic coder memes, especially those which make me laugh a lot. Then I have re-drawn them in a cutest possible way. Yep, adding a cat is always the cutest solution.

A new sticker pack appeared from all those images, you can get it here 👇👇👇 before starting to learn what do all the programmer memes mean :

So let’s start the programming meme course : )!
I will guide you starting from the easiest ones. I’ll add examples in my beloved programming language called “C#”.

programmer meme by verypinbkshark - hello world

One of the cutest stickers over here. “Hello world” is the first thing to try when starting with a new programming language. Usually that is a small programm, which shows the text after pressing some button or just after the start. In many educational videos and offline courses the text used as the example of output is “Hello world!”. They say, this phrase comes from a book about C programming language by computer scientist Brian Kernighan, published in 1978.

programmer memes a bug

Bug is something which cause your program work wrong, of not to work at all.
Unlike actually typing the code, looking for bugs is a big part of programmer’s job.
There is even a separate job — QA testing, which is focused on finding all the bugs in the software. Debugging mode exists in most programming environments, often marked with an icon with tiny bug. So a mug or a tee with a bug is always a good idea of a present for your programmer friends.

programmers meme - brackets and semicolons

A meme about punctuation marks. Programmers do always use brackets and semicolons.
One of the most often error reasons is absence of those punctuation marks in the code. There are also often multiple brackets inside one another, which causes bracket or semicolon misspells when copying and pasting code. Correct use of them may look like this 👇 , note two separate “}” at the end. They really need to be there to let the whole thing function and are sometimes occasionally being lost:

programmer meme - no comment

Meme “no comment”. A good programmer should comment his code. This means he writes a simple description of his code lines. Another programmers will read comments and understand whats going on here. Comments are a must for those who work in a team.
To exclude descriptions from the code a “//” is used in many programming languages. Two slashes mean that this line or part of the line should not be read by the programming engine. A comment looks like that:

programmer meme stickers by verypinkshark - those who write comments

That’s why those who write good comments are considered as heroes!

my code made from shit and wood sticks

People who are NOT programmers believe, that a programmer writes code straight from his head. But that’s mostly not the case. The boss requires the new software as soon as possible. And you have to google some ready code parts and combine them somehow in order to make the thing generally function.
You present the task to your boss with the hope to remake it all perfectly one day. But new tasks come and “one day” tends to get “never” in some projects…
There is also a popular phrase “made from shit and wood sticks” in Russian, which means “made in a hurry, without good structure”. Sometimes programming code blocks look and work exactly like that.

programmer meme sticker by verypinkshark - code from internet mermaid cat

Same idea as in the meme above: a programmer wrote some good stuff himself and had to add code from internet. It works fine but looks weird when you read the code.

coder meme - my big plans and my actual code

One more meme to similar topic. You got a nice idea, but can not implement it without external help: lots of reading and experimenting hours are required to make it perfect.

thats not a bug thats a feature programming meme sticker

That’s not a bug, that’s a feature“. A very interesting meme for the case when something added occasionally brings a profit. Or a good try to excuse when your team points out your mistake.
In this image a Russian idiom “I need this like a dog needs a fifth leg” with the meaning “something absolutely useless” is extra present.

text menu programmer meme sticker

Some programmer geeks love text menus. It is often used to communicate with a server or operating system without pressing buttons and another graphic items. Just a command line in a special window and choosing from text menu by pressing a digit key on the keyboard.
Here is an example of a Terminal window with “time” command I’ve typed there. I do also not get the results)))
terminal time programmer meme stickers

dont make it public programmer meme sticker by verypinkshark

Programmers divide code into several files.
Entities inside the files can be “private” or “public“. Everything private is not accessible from another files. But if you mark something as public, it will be shown outside of that file:

string programmer meme sticker

Let’s explain the STRING from the example above. What the heck is this hot clothing item doing here? Thats the common declaration of some entity which contains text information. Like names, phrases and texts of errors you see on the screen. In order to let machine understand that you are dealing with text, you have to mark it with “string” attribute.

array prgrammer meme sticker with sushi

Array is a group of similar objects. They could be names, digits, images – actually, anything. That’s funny to call any group of similar objects in real life an array.

true and false programmer meme stickers

In coding “true” means yes, and “false” means no. These two words can be a result of some process or a condition to go on.

false programmer meme sticker

!” means “not“. So everything which starts with a ! means actually the opposite.
If it is not false – it is true. This meme has even an explanation directly on the sticker
to explain the stuff to newbies.

OOP object-oriented meme sticker

Object-oriented programming (OOP) is a special way to code with lot’s of rules and particularities. That takes lots’of time to understand and master the principles of OOP. That’s why every newcomer wishes himself a book with easy and clear explanations.

need a break HTML programmer meme sticker

<BR/> is a line break element from HTML programming language. That’s about showing text on your screen. The element name sounds exactly like a pause in work everyone needs from time to time.

CSS guru programming meme sticker

CSS is also a language which helps to display information on the screen. It is used to make text and images look beautiful, organised and structured. If a CSS coder is not a top pro – the blocks of text or images may shift relative to each other. The page will look messy, just like this poor kitty…

python programmer meme stisckers

Python is a programming language with big potential of all sorts of jokes about snakes.

RTFM programmining meme stickers

“Read that f***ng manual !”. A phrase reminds about the importance of reading a documentation. Every new ready feature you add to your project is usually supplied with a detailed manual. But most people do not have so much time and patience to read it all carefully before starting to experiment from scratch. Some bugs and errors are caused by this hurry.

i++ programmer stickers meme

This common combination of symbols in many programming languages has the meaning “the next one” or “one more”. It is used when you have an array (group) of similar objects. “i” is often the number of the object, which changes as soon as same actions are applied to the previous object. “++” means “+ 1“. Easy to use in your daily texting as a sticker.

while true endless eternal programming meme

While (true) is an eternal condition. I mean this will work forever, if you type this and launch.

can's C programmer meme

C is a name of a programming language. With rather hard syntax. Not everyone can master it, not everyone can C.

java programmer meme pionkshark

Java is a popular programming language. It’s logo looks like that:
and is associated with a nice coffee-break.

commited programmer meme pinkshark

Committing is sending a ready part of your job to a server. Where others can pick it up and see the whole project with your recent changes. If feels really good when your job is done for today.


If you wonder how advanced level programmer jokes look like, check these web pages:

1. Really funny jokes where you can understand a lot after reading this article!

2. Fresh progeammer memes and jokes at Reddit

3. Various memes which you could probably now understand

Now you can go gladden your programmers with your knowledge and gifts that please the coder’s heart.
The easiest way is to use my Stickers Pack with all these memes!
Get it for iMessage chatting or Telegram! 👈 💜

Please let me know 🙏 if this article was useful!

sincerely yours,
Hanna aka Verypinkshark.

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