Life & fun · alternatives · 2026

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Programmer Excuses, random excuses from a programmer launched in 2014; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Programming Excuses▲93

   Excuses For Lazy Coders

   2015 · programmingexcuses.com · its alternatives →

2. 2EF
   Excuses for programmers. Supports text/plain so can be easily scraped▲7

   2014 · codingexcuses.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   bugly▲7

   programming excuse as-a-service

   2025 · bugly.netlify.app · its alternatives →

4. 4IA
   I ask other programmers about the interesting bugs they've met▲7

   2014 · debuggers.co · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Reason▲117

   A coding workspace with context, plugins and skills

   17d ago · reasonmachines.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Hello Tech Pros: Confirmation Bias▲60

   The 3rd dysfunction of a software team

   2016 · gadgetsprimer.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Codecrap▲93

   Where developers go to laugh and cry

   2014 · codecrap.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Excuses.ai▲141

   AI generate a professional excuse and get out of anything

   2022 · excuses.ai · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Cop-Out▲146

   The ultimate excuse generator

   2016 · copout.me · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Ideas Are Worthless – Everything Is Dying▲83

    Code that deploys automatically and who took a chance on us

    2016 · podcasts.apple.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Hello Tech Pros: Prove Your Haters Wrong▲62

    Basel Farag on Motivation

    2016 · gadgetsprimer.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Can't Make It▲88

    An excuse generator for when you need to flake.

    2019 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    The Fuck▲108

    Automatically corrects your command line mistakes

    2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Excuse generator▲65

    Don't want to go to office? They are here to help.

    2014 · randomexcusegenerator.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Coders at Work: Reflections on the Craft of Programming▲70

    Interviews with the 15 most interesting computer programmers

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Youbeer▲62

    Nullified

    2021 · gist.github.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Recode Replay - "Mistakes were Made"▲59

    A panel about failure at Code Conference 2016

    2016 · rss.art19.com · its alternatives →

18. 18
    The Pragmatic Programmer▲87

    Solid advice and awesome analogies

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

19. 19
    CodeBunk▲75

    Online Interviewing of Developers Done Right

    2015 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    justify.dev

    Professional Excuses for Developers

    Jan 2026 · justify-dev.vercel.app · its alternatives →

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    Don't Make Me Code - Ep. #2, Onboarding Developers▲52

    Let's make developer onboarding experiences better

    2016 · heavybit.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Danger▲26

    Stop Saying "You Forgot To..." in Code Review

    2016 · danger.systems · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Writing Excuses - Your Character’s Moral Pendulum▲53

    Learn how to write complex characters with varying morals

    2015 · writingexcuses.com · its alternatives →

24. 24IW
    I was frustrated with programming interviews, so I made this.▲6

    2012 · initialround.com · its alternatives →

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