The Definitive Collection of XKCD Comics for Programmers

If you’re a geek (or a nerd) worth your salt, you’re definitely a fan of xkcd programming comics. The only legitimate reason for not liking it is jealousy that you can never be as clever as Randall Munroe, the genius behind xkcd. And even then, you know you secretly love it. And so, I present, for your reading enjoyment, the definitive collection of the best xkcd comics for programmers.

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It demonstrates how programming can be useful in everyday situations:

 

And about how programming can cause problems in everyday life:

 

It puts our work into a larger context:

And plays anthropologist, exploring the complex issue of identity-formation in the culture of the programmer:

 

And it tackles what we here at Airbrake care about the most:

 

 

And, the best classic xkcd programming comic of all time:

Here’s the rest of the catalog, in no particular order:

X11

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Workflow

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Wisdom of the Ancients

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Virus Venn Diagram
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Turtles<img class=“mb-3” src="/blog/comics/best-programming-xkcd-comics/turtles-1.png “Turtles XKCD”"/>

Tech Support

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Tar

Tags

Supported Features

Sharing

Server Problem

s/keyboard/leopard

RTFM

Permanence

Old-Timers

Perl Problems

Password Strength

Microsoft

Manual Override

Mac/PC

ISO 8601

Identity

Hotels

Geohashing

Game AIs

Crowdsourcing

Context Bot

Binary Heart

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See also: Top 10 Programming Comics (Cartoons) Selected By StackOverflow Users