Screw You Broadcom

The evolution of developer anxiety in four stages. First, the mild concern of "works on my machine" - the classic excuse when your code fails elsewhere. Then the growing dread of "works on my build" as you realize you're one step closer to production. The full-blown panic of "works on my docker" where you've containerized your nightmare but still don't trust it. And finally, the complete mental breakdown of "works on my deployment" where you're just waiting for that 3AM alert to destroy what's left of your sanity. The container industry really sold us a circus, not a solution.

Ah, the classic "entry-level" job posting that requires mastery of the entire tech stack universe! The recruiter is essentially asking for a frontend dev (JavaScript/React/Redux), backend engineer (Node/Mongo), and DevOps specialist (Docker/Kubernetes/AWS) all rolled into one human being—at the price of one salary, of course. It's like walking into a restaurant and ordering a 5-star chef, server, and dishwasher combo meal for the price of a single hamburger. The tech industry's expectations have gotten so absurd that we're practically one job posting away from "must have invented time travel and colonized Mars by age 25."

Ah, the classic "added login functionality" commit that touches 41 files. Nothing says "I definitely understand authentication best practices" like modifying every single file in your codebase to implement a login system. That security.py file is probably just for show – the real authentication logic is scattered across 40 other files like a treasure hunt for future developers. This is the coding equivalent of saying "I tidied up the house" when you've actually just shoved everything under the bed, in drawers, and behind the couch. Future you will definitely not curse present you when trying to debug this masterpiece.

Developer: "It works on my machine..." Manager: "Then we'll ship your machine." The punchline? That's literally how containerization was invented. Docker is just your laptop in a trench coat pretending to be a production environment. Now instead of blaming the server, we blame the YAML file. Progress.

Every developer has uttered those fateful words: "It works on my machine!" – the universal excuse when code mysteriously fails elsewhere. Then some genius had the audacity to suggest, "What if we just shipped the entire machine?" and Docker containers were born. Instead of spending hours debugging environment differences, we now spend hours debugging Docker configuration files. Progress! The circle of developer suffering continues, just with fancier terminology and cooler logos.

Ah, the classic corporate tech hostage situation. You're hired as a developer, yet somehow expected to code with nothing but Notepad and prayers. The IT department—those mystical gatekeepers of admin privileges—stand between you and basic functionality like Docker, VS Code, and PostgreSQL. Meanwhile, you're sitting there like a carpenter who's been handed a banana instead of a hammer, screaming internally "I HAVE TO HAVE MY TOOLS!!!" while submitting your 17th ticket to install npm. Nothing quite captures the absurdity of modern software development like needing permission to do the job they're paying you for. Fun fact: The average developer spends approximately 84 years of their career waiting for IT to approve software installations. I might have made that up, but it certainly feels true.