A kernel-style meme jokes that /dev/null handling is the difference between working code and broken scripts
HanchungLee · x · 2026-07-27
The post riffs on a WSJ line about corporate America moving from “tokenmaxxing” to “thrift-maxxing”, but the real punchline is the attached image: a fake kernel/commit log joking that /dev/null, /dev/zero, /dev/console, and other special files are now handled by the server before the filesystem is consulted.
The joke is that this tiny systems detail is the difference between scripts working and breaking, and the author frames it as a proud “done” message with a very dry, engineer-only sense of humor.
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