I Want Some Changes

The evolution of image protection from amateur hour to galaxy brain: First stage: "Let's disable right-click!" - the digital equivalent of putting a 'Do Not Touch' sign on a cookie jar. Cute. Second stage: "I'll detect dev tools!" Because surely no one would ever use a second device to take a photo of their screen. Revolutionary thinking there. Third stage: The convoluted PNG-video-DRM-EME pipeline. Six meetings, three sprints, and a product manager's career highlight to implement. Final stage: The ultimate overkill - capturing user clicks to dynamically regenerate encrypted frames. Because nothing says "reasonable solution" like burning a server farm to protect your stock photos. Meanwhile, users just press Print Screen and move on with their lives.

Ah, the classic bait and switch! You think you're escaping the CSS nightmares for a life of database queries and API endpoints, but SURPRISE - they want you to know frontend too! It's like applying to be a chef and being told "knife skills preferred." No kidding. The industry's dirty little secret is that "backend developer" actually means "full-stack developer who we're paying backend rates." Next they'll be asking for 5 years React experience for a PostgreSQL position. The circle of developer life continues...

The eternal programmer's pendulum. One minute you're crafting elegant code that would make the gods weep, convinced you're a programming deity who should be giving TED talks. The next minute you're frantically Googling "how to center a div" for the 500th time, certain you've fooled everyone into thinking you know what you're doing. That metronome swinging wildly between "I could rewrite the Linux kernel over lunch" and "I have no idea what I'm doing" is the quintessential developer experience. And somehow it happens multiple times before your morning coffee even kicks in.

Content Hey you do websites, right? 26m Can you build me a website? Hello? You're about to lose my business. 23m Sorry, I'm not on Twitter 247. Yes, I design websites for a living but i'm currently not open to new work. January is a pretty busy month for me and my current workload has left enough on my plate. 11m V if you give me an idea of what you want. MI let you know my rates and give you an estimate for the project. WOW Okay first I'm not paying for a website that's going to be free to visit, that doesn't make sense Am second, using words like rates and estimate make you look like an asshole 2m You just lost my business kid. Enjoy not getting all the fame from my million dollar idea. You're gonna lose. BUG TIME big time You can no longer send messages to this person. Lear more

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Content Ben Halpern bendhalpern Sometimes when I'm writing Javascript I want to throw up my hands and say "this is bullshit!" but I can never remember what "this" refers to