r/ProgrammerHumor 19h ago

Meme trafficLightForClaudeCode

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u/Iron_physik 19h ago

set up one of these puppies:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stack_light

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u/Ill_Football9443 19h ago

I was always curious what these were called. Thankyou anonymous person/future-bot-overlord!

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u/Iron_physik 18h ago

Im a dude and not a fucking clanker XD

You're welcome though

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u/UnexpectedSalmon 18h ago

Nice try clanker.

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u/Iron_physik 18h ago

😭

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u/Small-Explanation74 16h ago

Thanks for confirmation bot-23

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u/NXTler 12h ago

That's exactly what a clanker would say

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u/Subotail 18h ago

Just mean you pass Turing test.

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u/Iron_physik 18h ago

Thats right, in the cylinder hole.

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u/Subotail 18h ago

Unharmed

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u/pastasauce 17h ago

Stack lights (also known as signal tower lights, indicator lights, andon lights, warning lights, industrial signal lights, or tower lights)

You probably could have guessed a name and would have gotten at least one of them.

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u/Ill_Football9443 16h ago

I could have guessed Andon?

I was curious what their noun was, idle curiosity that failed to manifest itself into a Google search.

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u/cosmicosmo4 16h ago edited 16h ago

Well, working on semiconductor production equipment, literally nobody calls them stack lights. Always heard them called light towers or signal towers. Also, they're pretty obsolete, but still used, for no good reason.

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u/Seth_Hu 18h ago

Stack light would fit really well, technically the meaning of green and yellow light should be reversed from the image, but shouldn't be too difficult to get used to

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u/tantalor 17h ago

Yep. Green means "machine is busy"

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u/BaaaBaaaBlackSheep 15h ago

Yeah, in OPs picture the traffic light is more geared for the person putting in input as opposed to the machine itself. Green means user can take action.

Proper implementation of the stack light would treat Claude like a factory line, which is somewhat appropriate.

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u/Numerous-Lock-8117 17h ago

Bro I thought these only exist in Satisfactory. TIL

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u/mgt-kuradal 17h ago

You will find literally hundreds of these lights in just about any factory. There are even companies that do pretty in-depth data tracking based on the light stack.

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u/makinax300 18h ago

Nah bro just steal a big one from the road

/j ofc

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u/Skyhav 17h ago

Stack, you say?

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u/BulaBulangiu 13h ago

I got my hands on one of these a while back and I wanted to make it a garbage day indicator but this is a great idea.

https://busylight.com/