When Simple Tasks Meet Overengineering

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Content Saman Bemel Benrud samanbb Game developers: with enough if statements and while loops I can do literally anything. Web developers: I will use graph theory and a hand crafted functional state management framework to create this sign up form. 9:06 PM 19022021 Twitter Web App

Forget personality tests based on birth months—real web developers judge you by which scrollbar you grew up coding with. That 1998 slider hits different—perfect balance of chunky usability and early web aesthetics. Meanwhile, 2012's barely-there minimalist approach is basically a UI designer whispering "figure it out yourself." Each era represents a distinct chapter in the book of "Things Users Hate But Designers Keep Changing Anyway." I've implemented all six, and let me tell you, nothing triggers more heated Slack arguments than scrollbar design. The evolution from functional to invisible perfectly mirrors my career trajectory from "helpful developer" to "dead inside but with better CSS skills."