A Collection of Programming Jokes
Von Katharina Wurm am 11.01.2025
When coding, in order to keep physically healthy, us developers are supposed to stand up and stretch quite often. But what about our mental health? Take a break from what you are doing right now and give your mind some rest with these jokes. (The last one is my favourite!) :))
Q&A Jokes
How do robots eat pizza?
One byte at a time.
What does the R in Recursion stand for?
Recursion.
How do you comfort a JavaScript bug?
You console it.
How did the first program die?
It was executed.
What is the object-oriented way to become wealthy?
Inheritance.
Why did the Java developer quit his job?
Because he didn’t get arrays.
What do you call 8 hobbits?
A hobbyte.
Why did the Java developer teach his kids about single quotes?
Because they build character.
Why was the computer cold?
Because it left its windows open.
What do you call it when 8 mosquitos bit you?
A mosquito byte.
Short Jokes
Three SQL database admins walked into a NoSQL bar. A little while later they walked out because they couldn’t find a table.
There are only 10 kinds of people in this world: those who know binary and those who don’t.
I’ve got a really good UDP joke to tell you, but I don’t know if you’ll get it.
A web developer walked into a bar, but then he left when he saw the table layout.
An SEO expert walks into a bar, restaurant, dining, dinner…
A programmer puts two glasses on his bedside table before going to sleep. A full one, in case he gets thirsty, and an empty one, in case he doesn’t.
The next one might be a bit too late, as it is already after Christmas, but maybe it will come in handy next December:
🎶He’s making a database, he’s sorting it twice.
SELECT ❄︎ FROM contacts WHERE behaviour = ‘nice’.
SQL Clause is coming to town.🎶
Long Jokes
I have found one long joke for you that I think you will understand.
A software tester walks into a bar.
Runs into a bar.
Crawls into a bar.
Dances into a bar.
Flies into a bar.
Jumps into a bar.
And orders:
a beer.
2 beers.
0 beers.
99999999 beers.
-1 beers.
“qwertyuiop” beers.
Testing complete.
A real customer walks into the bar and asks where the bathroom is.
The bar goes up in flames.
Infinite Jokes
If you like jokes about infinite loops, this post is really good.
Conclusion
Lastly, my favourite programming joke, as promised:
How many developers does it take to screw in a lightbulb?
None. It’s a hardware problem.
Thank you for reading, I hope you could at least “schmunzeln” (smile to yourself) a bit! Do you know any other jokes that programmers will understand? Feel free to share them!