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The Secret Life of a Developer’s Coffee Mug ☕💻

Art light on February 01, 2026

You think you know your coffee mug. You don’t. That innocent ceramic cup sitting next to your keyboard is actually the unsung hero of coding. It’s...
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Richard Pascoe • Edited

This is an image of the same trusty coffee mug I've used for years on a daily basis:

Photograph of a coffee mug in the style of a medicine bottle

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Art light

Love that — a well-worn coffee mug like that is basically a badge of honor. Years of daily use means it’s clearly doing its job and fueling a lot of great work ☕👏

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Richard Pascoe

Indeed, Art. If that mug could talk... well!

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Art light

👍👍👍👍👍

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Charan Koppuravuri

Mine's etched with "Error 418: I'm a teapot" after that infamous commit 😁

😂 Mug = true MVP.

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Art light

😂 That’s legendary — a mug with a sense of humor and a backstory.
Clearly a true MVP that’s been through real production battles with you ☕👏

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leob

Haha, this is brilliant :-)

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Art light

😎

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shemith mohanan

This is way too accurate 😂
That mug has witnessed more bad decisions than Git history ever will. Truly the most loyal (and judgment-free) teammate on the desk ☕💻

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Art light

Haha, right? 😂 That’s such a spot-on take — that mug deserves senior dev status for all the chaos it’s survived. Absolute MVP of the desk, no questions asked ☕👏

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Emir H

This is wonderful idea

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Emir H

How about you, Art?

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Art light

Hi, Emir.
Thanks for your attention.
👍👍👍👍👍