Suddenly It's A Problem

Content Everyone cares about User Experience but nobody cares about Developer Experience aG

The time traveler has been spotted! ChatGPT launched in 2022, but apparently Courage was the beta tester back in '96. That old computer wasn't running Python or JavaScript—it was running pure anxiety. The irony of a "cowardly" dog secretly being the first AI prompt engineer is just *chef's kiss*. Developers today think they're revolutionary for asking an AI to write their regex, meanwhile Courage was probably using it to generate excuses for Eustace about why the farm's network was down again.

That exhausted look when your coworker won't shut up about AI. The quotation marks around "programmers" say it all - real devs are busy fixing merge conflicts while the ChatGPT enthusiasts are planning how AI will write their next project. Meanwhile, the rest of us just want to finish our coffee before it gets cold.

The tech industry in a single image. Massive crowds fighting to post LinkedIn updates about how they're "leveraging agentic AI solutions" while VCs throw money at anyone who mentions the buzzword. Meanwhile, a handful of folks actually discuss job displacement risks, and even fewer build anything useful. And that lonely stick figure trying to generate actual value? That's the junior dev who just wanted to automate their unit tests but got pulled into an "AI transformation initiative." The hype-to-value ratio remains gloriously consistent across every tech wave I've survived since the dot-com bubble.

Oh. My. GOD. The absolute AUDACITY of claiming ChatGPT as your programming language! 😱 This is like saying "I'm a chef" because you can microwave a Hot Pocket! The sheer DRAMA of getting choked out by your fellow developers for the coding equivalent of saying you're fluent in Google Translate! The modern developer's existential crisis in three acts: claim to be a programmer, name AI as your language, get absolutely DEMOLISHED by the programming community. Chef's kiss to whoever made this masterpiece of tech industry trauma.

The fearless warrior of code until Git throws that dreaded merge conflict error. Suddenly the bravest developer becomes a helpless child begging an AI to fix their mess. We've all been there—confidently pushing changes at 4:59 PM on Friday, only to have Git remind us we're not as clever as we thought. Nothing humbles you faster than seeing those <<<<<<< HEAD markers turn your beautiful code into abstract art.