Git Explained: The Ryanair Edition

Ah, the classic "green squares at any cost" syndrome. Nothing says "I'm a serious developer" like obsessively committing README formatting changes 30 times an hour just to make your GitHub contribution graph look like a lush rainforest. What you're witnessing is the digital equivalent of a peacock's mating dance - except instead of attracting mates, you're desperately trying to impress potential employers who might glance at your profile for 2.7 seconds. Trust me, after 20 years in this industry, I can tell you that no one has ever been hired because they had perfect markdown indentation in their README. But hey, at least your contribution graph looks like you've been coding like a maniac while you were actually just adding and removing spaces.

Ah, the duality of open source maintainers. You generously dump your code on GitHub for the world to use, then transform into a territorial feline when someone dares to suggest changes. That angry cat surrounded by watermelons perfectly captures the "it's free but I'll still judge your pull request like you insulted my ancestry" energy. The progression from "here's my gift to humanity" to "your code is trash and so are you" happens faster than a poorly optimized for-loop.

That face when the junior dev confidently explains an AI-generated pull request that's 90% hallucinated features and 10% actual code. The smug little smile says it all: "I totally understand what's happening here" while internally panicking about what await Promise.resolve(undefined).then(() => Math.random() > 0.5 ? 'success' : throw new Error('oops')) is supposed to accomplish. The code review is scheduled for 3pm and Stack Overflow is already open in 17 tabs.

The GitHub contribution graph: where your self-worth as a developer gets reduced to little green squares. We've got "Just a Developer" with their random sprinkles of productivity, "The Weekender" who only codes when normal people are partying, and "The Unrealistic Expectations" who apparently never sleeps, eats, or touches grass. Don't forget "Getting Ready to Search for a New Job" with that sudden burst of activity right before updating the resume. The "GitHub Wizard" trying to look consistently productive, "The Mondrian" creating actual art with their commits, and "The Cupid Shuffle" forming little hearts because... why code efficiently when you can make your contribution graph look pretty? Remember kids, quantity of commits ≠ quality of code. But try telling that to recruiters who think your GitHub activity is a personality test.

Nothing strikes fear into a developer's heart quite like asking colleagues to review code. The bear in this meme represents that senior dev who's been "too busy" to look at your PR for two weeks straight. The title "LGTM" (Looks Good To Me) is the holy grail response we all want but rarely get without 47 nitpicky comments about your variable naming conventions. The survival strategy works both in forests and open office plans - just ask someone who wants to avoid you to do something for you, and watch them magically disappear faster than documentation during a deadline crunch.

Education: "Plagiarism is unacceptable!" Professional programmers: "Hey, I stole your code." "It's not my code." The software industry runs on an elaborate honor system where we pretend we're all brilliant architects while frantically copy-pasting from Stack Overflow with one hand and GitHub with the other. The modern developer's workflow is essentially: Google the error, find someone who solved it 7 years ago, adapt their solution, and convince yourself you would've eventually figured it out anyway. Standing on the shoulders of giants? More like piggybacking on strangers' brilliance while muttering "I totally knew that" under your breath.