data visualization
10:20Dev Deletes Entire Production Database, Chaos Ensues
3.6M views • 3 years ago
Kevin Fang
Kevin Fang comically retells GitLab's 2017 incident in which an engineer deleted the production database, based on the company's postmortems. It walks through the confusion and failed backups.
4:00Gall--Peters Projection
2.5M views • 16 years ago
UsefulClips
A short clip from The West Wing in which characters argue for the Gall-Peters map projection over Mercator. It dramatizes how standard maps distort the relative size of countries.
Topic match · Data visualization & information design
7:49Comic Database: Steve Hughes... Offended?
4M views • 15 years ago
TheVoxRox
Comedian Steve Hughes delivers a stand-up bit on political correctness, offense and health and safety culture, arguing there is no right not to be offended.
5:36Episode 1 - Mongo DB Is Web Scale
1.2M views • 16 years ago
gar1t
A satirical animated dialogue in which a naive developer insists MongoDB is web scale while a database expert mocks him. It parodies the NoSQL versus relational debate.
11:02Smart Pipe | Infomercials | Adult Swim
2.8M views • 11 years ago
Adult Swim
An Adult Swim infomercial parody for Smart Pipe, a fictional startup that turns toilet waste into data and social connectivity. It satirizes everything-connected tech culture.