People wonder why Rust is so well respected. This is why.

Content THERE ARE ONLY 2 HARD THINGS IN COMPUTER SCIENCE: 0. Cache Invalidation 1. Naming Things 7. Asynchronous Callbacks 2. Off-by-one errors

Content 2000 2019 NOW 2038 RECOVERING FROM THE Y2K BUG I PREPARING FOR THE 2038 BUG REMINDER: BY NOW YOU SHOULD HAVE FINISHED YOUR Y2K RECOVERY AND BE SEVERAL YEARS INTO 2038 PREPARATION.

First panel: JavaScript behaving like a normal language where string + string = concatenated string. Second panel: JavaScript on crack where '2'+'2' = 100 and "Hello"+2 = "llo". The true horror of JS type coercion in its natural habitat. What kind of sadistic language designer thought "yes, let's make + sometimes concatenate and sometimes convert strings to numbers based on my mood today"? This is why senior devs have that thousand-yard stare during code reviews.

Content You ever just find a bug that makes you rethink all your life choices

The code review terror is real. That moment when your PR meets the unforgiving gaze of a senior dev who's seen it all—including every mistake you're about to make. You're just huddled in the corner, clutching your keyboard, wondering if your variable naming conventions are about to trigger another 45-minute lecture on "the right way to code." Meanwhile, the senior dev looms like a terrifying mechanical overlord, ready to dismantle your self-esteem function by function. Six months of experience vs six years of accumulated cynicism isn't even a fair fight.

Content Time spent "Programming" Browsing reddit Singing along to my "Focusing Music" Testing Blankly staring at the screen because I don't want to debug Re-testing even though I already know it works, just because it's satisfying Actually Coding