The Dev Did Not Hesitate

This meme perfectly captures the chaos that ensues when multiple developers work on the same codebase over time without proper coordination! The building in the image is a perfect metaphor for legacy code that has been modified by different developers with different styles and approaches. Each window and architectural element represents a different developer's contribution - completely mismatched, with no consistent design pattern or structure. Just like in software development, you can see how each "feature" (window, balcony, door) was added without considering how it fits with the overall architecture. Some windows are rectangular, others are angled oddly, and there's even what looks like a curved section that makes no sense with the rest of the design. This is exactly what happens when developers inherit code, make quick fixes without understanding the original design, or when there's no code review process. Each developer adds their own "solution" that works for their immediate need without considering the overall structure. The title "When Multiple Devs Have Worked On One Project Over The Years" is spot on - this is the visual representation of technical debt and what happens when documentation is poor and knowledge transfer between team members fails. It's the perfect representation of that codebase everyone's afraid to touch because "it works, but nobody knows how or why."

The classic developer blame game in its natural habitat! The backend dev secretly passes a note with their broken code to the frontend dev, who opens it only to find the dreaded "500 Internal Server Error." The frontend dev's face says it all—pure rage at being handed a server problem they can't fix but will absolutely get blamed for when users start complaining. It's like ordering a pizza and receiving an empty box with a note saying "we're out of ingredients, you figure it out." The eternal backend-frontend relationship summarized in two panels of pure frustration.

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Remember that glorious day you got promoted to Senior Engineer? Your brain filled with visions of complex architecture designs, mentoring juniors, and making critical technical decisions. Then reality hit like a null pointer exception. Turns out "Senior" is just corporate code for "Professional Meeting Attendee." Your calendar transformed from blocks of focused coding time to an endless parade of standups, planning sessions, retrospectives, and those special meetings that could've been emails. The only code you write now is the occasional email response typed between back-to-back Zoom calls while desperately clinging to your coffee mug like it's the last working node in your cluster.

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