Thinking Is Effortful

Every dev has said it: "It's so intuitive, why waste time documenting it?" Fast forward six months, and you're staring at your own code like it's hieroglyphics written by a caffeinated squirrel. That tea bag floating in water is the perfect metaphor - what seems crystal clear to you now becomes a murky, unidentifiable mess for the poor soul (probably future you) who has to figure out what the hell you were thinking. Documentation isn't for today's genius you; it's for tomorrow's confused you who just wants to go home.

Content My day as a dev 0. Something is wrong 1. Investigation phase 2. No way I can fix this 3. Imposter syndrome kicks in 4. Questions career choice 5. Questions life choices 6. Oh, never mind! I made a typo in the code 7. I fixed it 8. I am a good developer 9. I can do anything ProarammerHumor.io

The yellow character is panicking about compiler warnings while the green character, clearly a senior dev who's seen it all, just slaps a flower emoji on it. It's the programming equivalent of putting a decorative band-aid on a broken leg. Sure, the code compiles, but those 43 warnings are just sitting there... menacingly . This is basically what happens when the deadline trumps code quality. "Ship it now, fix it never" as the ancient developer proverb goes.

OH. MY. GOD. That moment when you're mid-champagne celebration and your soul literally LEAVES YOUR BODY because you just remembered you skipped the database backup step! 🥂💀 The project manager is still living in blissful ignorance while you're having an existential crisis behind those ridiculous green sunglasses. Your face says "party" but your brain is screaming "WE'RE ALL GOING TO DIE WHEN PRODUCTION CRASHES IN 3...2...1..." Nothing says "software development" quite like that stomach-dropping realization that your career is about to implode while everyone else is toasting to your imminent demise!

Three recyclable materials and one digital landfill. The truth hurts, doesn't it? While paper, metal, and glass get the recycling symbol, ChatGPT-generated code gets its own special bin - presumably where code goes to die. Let's be honest, we've all pasted that AI-generated monstrosity into our codebase at 4:58pm on a Friday, only to spend Monday morning wondering why our application suddenly thinks it's a sentient toaster. The recycling bin is too good for it - that code needs hazardous waste disposal.

Content 1 Am Devloper iamdevloper Every developer: we need to implement an email alert system to notify us if production crashes Every developer after the first crash: how do we turn off these email alerts? 1:18 28 Jan 20 Buffer