Blackout Poetry: Developer Edition

Content When you stare at your code for 2 hours and you finally get a different error

Content NOOO, a kilobyte has 1000 bytes, it's the kibibyte which has 1024 bytes 34 34 A kilobyte has 1024 bytes A kilobyte has 1024 bytes 14 14 0.1 10 score 55 2 2 0.1 70 85 100 115 130 145

Content THERE ARE NO BUGS ONLY HAPPY LITTLE FEATURES

The greatest lie in software development: "My code is self-documenting!" Meanwhile, senior devs are laughing because they've inherited enough "perfectly clear" codebases to know that future-you will stare at your own creation six months later like it's ancient hieroglyphics written by a caffeinated squirrel. The only thing that speaks for itself in programming is the inevitable technical debt when documentation is skipped.

Content O HOURS AS A PROJECT WEARS ON, STANDARDS FOR SUCCESS SLIP LOWER AND LOWER. OKAY, I SHOULD BE ABLE TO MAKE TWITTER FAST SCON. 6 HOURS I'LL BE HAPPY IF I CAN GET TWITTER WORKING LIKE IT WAS WHEN I STARTED, 10 HOURS WELL, TWITTER'S A LOST CAUSE, BUT I THINK I CAN FIX THE PROBLEMS -TESLA'S DEVELOPED. 24 HOURS IF WERE LUCKY, THE SHARKS WIlL STAY AWAY UNTIL WE REACH SHALLOW WATER. IF WE MAKE IT BACK ALIVE, YOURE NEVER UPGRADING ANYTHING AGAIN.

Ah, the beautiful irony of game development priorities. Summoning a lava demon from the depths of hell? "Yeah, we'll just use the particle system and some shaders, no biggie." But adding a simple scarf that doesn't clip through the character model? That's when developers start questioning their career choices. The truth is that seemingly simple features often hide nightmarish complexity. That scarf needs physics, collision detection, and fabric simulation that won't melt your GPU. Meanwhile, the flashy demon just needs to look cool for 5 seconds before disappearing. After 15 years in the industry, I've learned that estimating difficulty based on how impressive something looks is a rookie mistake. The most mundane features will be the ones that break your spirit.