When Your Code Doesn't Change Color

That moment when your code stays stubbornly black in your syntax-highlighting editor and your spider sense goes into overdrive. No errors, no warnings, just... nothing. The IDE doesn't even care enough to dress your code up in pretty colors. It's like showing up to a party and the bouncer doesn't even bother to check your ID—you know you've done something catastrophically wrong. The syntax highlighter has essentially given up on you and your life choices.