kristjanlink / computer-puns

A hand-picked selection of the worst computer puns, really cringe-worthy stuff.

https://puns.dev

A hand-picked selection of the worst computer puns, really cringe worthy stuff.

Submit your own at the bottom of puns.json and if they make me cringe, I'll merge them.

I'm keeping these gender-neutral, a programmer isn't automatically a "he", so please use the singular they pronoun when refering to a person in the puns.

Node.js Package

Also a Node.js package available on NPM and the GitHub registry.

Install

npm install puns.dev

Usage

const puns = require("puns.dev");

Methods

.all

puns.all()

Returns an array of puns:

[{
  "pun": "Q: How do you comfort a JavaScript bug?",
  "punchline": "A: You console it!"
}]

.random

puns.random()

Returns a pun, as well as the random id that was generated:

{
  "pun": "Q: How do you comfort a JavaScript bug?",
  "punchline": "A: You console it!"
  "id": 7
}

.get

puns.get(id)

Returns the pun from the id in the pun list:

{
  "pun": "Q: How do you comfort a JavaScript bug?",
  "punchline": "A: You console it!"
}

Node.js CLI

TBD