Laid Off, Paid in Full: A Week of Chinese Dev Life in Severance, AI Bugs, and Performance Theater
Weekly Topic Recommendations
Housing Provident Fund Interest Credited — Show Off Your "Mid-Year Bonus"
- On July 1st, the annual housing provident fund interest was credited! Some received over 9,000 yuan, exclaiming "awesome"; others got only a few dozen, suspecting they paid into a void. At a 1.5% interest rate, a balance of 100,000 yuan yields only 1,500 yuan in interest a year — not much, but still free money.
If Mental Resignation Had Ranks
- Physically at the desk, mentally already resigned. If "mental resignation" were a game, what rank do you think you are? Come show off your "rank" and pro moves, and see who is the strongest "Mental Resignation King" on Juejin!
How Hard Is It for Programmers to Find a Partner
- What exactly makes it so hard for programmers to find a partner? Is it no time, poor conversation skills, a narrow social circle, or simply not wanting to? Share your dating struggles, or show off your success stories (come brag, we dare you).
Weekly "Gold" Selection
Content reviewers mine and filter community posts from the past week. High-quality technical and lifestyle content has a chance to appear in the list below, in no particular order.
AI & Large Model Zone
Selection Rules: In-depth technical content related to AI & large models, including hot news, tech sharing, and usage experiences, posted in the AGI Exchange Circle, AICoding Exchange, Vibe Coding Exchange Circle, AI Chat Room, or Large Model Ecosystem Circle.
A bug that claude code couldn't fix in half a day was solved by kimi code in one run. Both used the same large model, kimicode 2.7. The bug-fixing capability gap is obvious. Puzzled about the reason.@两行法桐
Vibe coded a blog, welcome JYM to give some feedback@拾玖不会code
Yesterday, I spent a whole day painstakingly polishing a UI page. Because I didn't commit it to Git in time, I let the Agent implement a new feature, and it directly messed up my layout.@认知那些事
Tech Exchange Zone
Selection Rules: Authentic tech experience sharing, related problem consultations, open-source project sharing, and other in-depth technical content posted in Server-side & Architecture, Tech Exchange Circle, Frontend Development Circle, or Excellent Open Source Projects.
Highly defined approval workflow, supports customization@summer777
In frontend interviews, one or two always ask if you've encountered browser compatibility issues. How do you all answer this? We stopped supporting IE ages ago.@用户610833765141
Only these models are available in Cursor now. The default is the self-developed composer 2.5. This is using a VPN. Can you guys use sonnet 4.6 and opus now?@假如i
React project development best practice: Place pure utility functions outside the component or in a separate utility file@代码搬运媛
Top 5 Hot Posts
Selection Rules: No restrictions on the post's circle except for "Tree Hole, Wealth Management, Blind Date, Interview" circles. Content must not involve malicious trolling, gender topics, or promotional引流. Selected based on post popularity and content quality.
Secretly got married, thanks to Weilong for the spicy strips@煤球丸子
Laid off. Actually, no dramatic story. The company was very straightforward, and the severance pay wasn't short a penny. About seven or eight of us. Walking out of the company after finishing the paperwork, I felt more reflective than anything else.@用户023355981410
Very few people buy this car, feels quite suitable for family use@王者不可阻挡
What will happen to me in the future if I don't get married now? Let me describe my situation: I'm 35. I bought an apartment and a car in my hometown county seat, and the loans are all paid off now.@nicebaby
Has anyone who's gone to the hospital for teeth cleaning got a verdict? I've personally never had my teeth cleaned and have been thinking about it recently. I've been using dental floss lately and always feel like there's an odor between my teeth. Considering whether to go for a cleaning.@Echo315
Top 5 Quality Creators
Selection Rules: Content must be positive and upbeat, with a complete post containing a clear circle tag and image. Selected based on post popularity and content quality.
While you were still in bed, I already got up early, exercised, and studied for three hours.@真的卷不动了
Lengga Co. Taken on May 30th. The best viewing platform for Gongga Snow Mountain, altitude 4500m. Only 3 kilometers from the parking lot to the lake. You can ride a horse or camp.@菜鸡钻进泥地里
New equipment experience. The lotus flowers at Xianghu Lake are still nice. Newbie photographer, sorry for the bad shots, no flaming.@芋泥暖香柑
Went to Zibo for BBQ over the weekend. Went to the old district, Boshan District, where they say there's always been a BBQ tradition. Here are the pics, check out the value for money!@甜汤圆
Performance Review Tribulation Scene - Quality Award
Folks, you won't understand this. I develop the features, write my own test cases, execute my own cases, fix my own bugs, and write my own test reports. More exploited than actual slaves.@天才聪
Performance reviews happen every three months. First, you rate yourself, then the leader rates you, then the big leader rates you. When I first started working, I was naive and didn't give myself full marks. Later, I saw the old-timers all rated themselves perfect, saying: "If you don't give yourself full marks, who will?"@好帅的玉面小白龙
The leader gathered us for a meeting and said overtime would increase our performance score. He even did the math for us: If you work overtime 3 weekdays a week (until 8:30 PM) and come in every Saturday, you can earn about 1000 more a month. @亲亲小宝宝鸭
Where Did Your First Paycheck Go - Quality Award
I also picked up a car! Not the best, but good enough for use@一寸光阴一寸金卖了荫金换黄金
Graduated last year and came to Beijing to drift. My first paycheck was 4700. On payday, I was squeezed onto the bus back to my rented apartment after work when my phone buzzed with the deposit notification. I stared at the number without saying a word, and my nose stung first — finally, I didn't have to keep gnawing on my parents' retirement.@北江爱国
My first paycheck was quite small. I replaced the family TV for 2500 yuan, paid the half-month's rent I owed, sent my mom a 500 yuan red packet, and called up two roommates for a big meal.@道友请留步_
Post Activity Calendar
Activity Calendar
| Activity Topic | Prize Period |
|---|---|
| TRAE AI Creativity Contest, Officially Launched! | 2026-06-16 to 2026-07-15 |
| Housing Provident Fund Interest Credited — Show Off Your "Mid-Year Bonus" | 2026-07-06 to 2026-07-10 |
| If Mental Resignation Had Ranks | 2026-07-06 to 2026-07-10 |
| How Hard Is It for Programmers to Find a Partner | 2026-07-06 to 2026-07-10 |
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