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Seeking the answer to parsing HTML with regex is like waiting for divine wisdom that never comes. 7.5*10^6 years later (that's longer than Earth has existed), and the computer's still thinking... because there IS no good answer. The punchline? Using regex to parse HTML is fundamentally flawed. HTML is a context-free grammar while regex is a regular expression - mathematically incapable of handling nested structures properly. It's like trying to eat soup with a fork - theoretically possible if you're desperate enough, but there are proper tools for that (like actual HTML parsers). The comic brilliantly captures the eternal wait for a solution that doesn't exist. Some problems in programming aren't meant to be solved - they're meant to be avoided entirely.

The dream: "I'll use Flutter and write my app once for all platforms!" The reality: You end up writing it twice anyway because something always breaks on either Android or iOS. The bell curve shows that the average developers (the 68% in the middle) smugly believe cross-platform tools save time, while both the complete novices and the battle-scarred experts (the 0.1% on both ends) know the painful truth. Cross-platform frameworks are basically the tech equivalent of those "one size fits all" clothing items that somehow manage to fit nobody correctly.

Content 11 hr Why do we need a backend, why not just connect front end to database??? 87 6 comments r Like View 2 more comments Comment Yeah! And why do we eat and go to the bathroom while we can throw the food directly in the toilet? Because stuff needs to get processed wE Like Reply 22m ( 6

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Content rwebdev Posted by ufuturewebdev 12h Are front-end devs looked down upon by others? Tech 1 keep getting this vibe online that back-end developers think front-end work is for simpletons (for the lack of a better word). Is this true or am I imagining things? 4 255 354 A Share Award BEST COMMENTS QuestionsHurt 10h 6 2 Awards Yes, yes it is. But then again Web development in general is scoffed at by most other developers. Programmers are scoffed at by "real" Engineers. Engineers are belittled by physicists. Physicists by Mathematicians. Mathematicians by Artists. Artists by designers. Designers by frontend developers. Circle of life. Reply 4 1,0k ProarammerHumor.io

Holy crap, how did I miss this? In "The Matrix," Neo literally has to accept a cookie from the Oracle before she'll talk to him. Twenty years later, we're all clicking "Accept Cookies" before websites let us in. The Wachowskis weren't making sci-fi—they were documenting our dystopian future. My mind is absolutely blown, and I've watched that movie like 47 times. Somewhere, a product manager is using this scene in their GDPR compliance slide deck.