The Junior Developer Approval Syndicate

The power dynamic in code reviews is a beautiful disaster. You think you're the boss because you're the principal dev who blindly approved that PR? Cute. Meanwhile, the senior dev who left 30 nitpicky comments is standing there like Bane, hand on your throat, basically saying "Your merge privileges are nothing. I am the gatekeeper now." Nothing says "I'm actually running this project" like turning someone's simple PR into a dissertation defense.

Oh, the delicious irony! A team decides to DITCH AI coding assistants because reviewing AI-generated code is somehow MORE painful than just writing the damn thing yourself. It's like hiring a chef who makes you spend three hours fixing their burnt soufflé instead of just making a sandwich. But wait, there's MORE! The plot twist? Our hero here accidentally became a top 50 Devin user globally and is now pumping out 60 PRs a day. That's right—they complained about AI code being hard to review and then proceeded to become an AI code-generating MACHINE. The call is coming from inside the house! It's like saying "I hate fast food" while secretly working the drive-thru at three different McDonald's locations. The beautiful chaos of 2025: where we simultaneously hate AI coding tools AND can't stop using them. Pick a struggle, people! 🎭

The cosmic horror of being assigned as a code reviewer for a 208-file pull request with +114,948 lines added and -1,130 lines removed. The giant, menacing figure represents the monstrous PR towering over the poor developer who's been summoned to review this abomination. That's not a codebase change—that's a whole new dimension of pain being introduced into your repository! The "And It Is Only Monday" title perfectly captures that sinking feeling when your week starts with what can only be described as a code war crime. Whoever submitted this PR clearly doesn't believe in atomic commits or the concept of human mercy.

The four stages of developer enlightenment, perfectly captured in Mr. Incredible's gradual descent into madness. Starts with the blissful ignorance of coding—where you're just vibing, making things work somehow. Then debugging hits and you're slightly unhinged but still optimistic. By version control, you've seen things... dark things... like merge conflicts that make you question reality. And finally, DevOps—where your soul has left your body and you've become one with the void, deploying microservices at 3 AM while muttering "it works on my machine" into the abyss. The progression isn't just about difficulty—it's about the spiritual journey from "I write code" to "I am become Death, destroyer of production environments."

Ah, the classic door handle labeled "PUSH" – the physical manifestation of what happens when you try to force a git push to main without pulling first. That feeling when you're shoving with all your might, wondering why the hell it's not working, only to realize you needed to sync your local branch first. Ten years of coding experience and I still sometimes stand there like an idiot, pushing on a door that clearly requires me to pull changes before I can proceed. The universe's way of saying "merge conflicts incoming."

Who needs Dropbox when you've got unlimited repos? The real GitHub pro move isn't collaboration—it's exploiting that sweet, sweet free storage. Nothing says "senior developer" like having a private repo called "vacation_pics_2023" with 500 commits that are just JPEGs of your dog at the beach. GitHub staff probably wondering why someone needs to version control 8GB of wedding photos with commit messages like "final_final_ACTUALLY_FINAL.jpg".