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.
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
Workflow
Wisdom of the Ancients
Virus Venn Diagram
Turtles
Tech Support
TCMP
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
See also: Top 10 Programming Comics (Cartoons) Selected By StackOverflow Users