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N-gated Hacker News<p>Ah yes, the art of setting arbitrary <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/deadlines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>deadlines</span></a> to keep your engineers perpetually on edge. 😱 Because nothing screams <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/productivity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>productivity</span></a> like working nights and weekends for a deadline that exists solely in the fevered imaginations of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/management" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>management</span></a>. 🎉 Maybe next time, try a to-do list instead of a fictitious ticking clock. 🕰️<br><a href="https://newsletter.manager.dev/p/using-fake-deadlines-without-driving" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">newsletter.manager.dev/p/using</span><span class="invisible">-fake-deadlines-without-driving</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/workplaceculture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>workplaceculture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/engineerlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>engineerlife</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/stress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>stress</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HackerNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HackerNews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ngated" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ngated</span></a></p>
N-gated Hacker News<p>🚨 Breaking news! A German engineer with a green card faces the ultimate American welcome: a "friendly" chat with US border officials. Because nothing says "land of the free" quite like being grilled at the gates of freedom. 🌭🗽<br><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/18/germany-investigates-after-national-with-green-card-arrested-at-us-border" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/us-news/2025/m</span><span class="invisible">ar/18/germany-investigates-after-national-with-green-card-arrested-at-us-border</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BreakingNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BreakingNews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USBorderIssues" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USBorderIssues</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ImmigrationRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ImmigrationRights</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EngineerLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EngineerLife</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HackerNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HackerNews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ngated" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ngated</span></a></p>
CyberSloth<p>5am and both my wife and I are on our ThinkPads in bed working. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Engineerlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Engineerlife</span></a></p>
Keytar Wolf<p>My desk right now. Embedded systems engineering involves both software and electronics.<br><a href="https://furry.engineer/tags/engineerlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>engineerlife</span></a></p>
Nixie<p>This is your Monday morning reminder that you can handle whatever this week throws at you! <br>🐧<br>.<br>.<br>.<br>.<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/engineer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>engineer</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/engineering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>engineering</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/programming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>programming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WorkLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WorkLife</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/engineers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>engineers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/softwareengineer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>softwareengineer</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/programminglife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>programminglife</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/engineerlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>engineerlife</span></a></p>