If Err != Nil

Ah, the classic programmer identity crisis. Someone asked for the most useful programming languages for 2025 and got Swift, C++, Go, and JavaScript mixed in with French, Japanese, Arabic, and German. Guess the algorithm can't tell the difference between talking to computers and talking to humans. Probably trained on Stack Overflow comments where both are equally incomprehensible. At least they didn't recommend COBOL - that would've been a real sign of AI hallucination.

Groundbreaking personality test just dropped. Turns out no matter which programming language you choose, you're still a nerd. MATLAB users get the special "engineer and a nerd" combo badge, while Fortran enthusiasts earn the prestigious "old and a nerd" achievement. The rest of us? Just regular nerds. Shocking revelation that absolutely nobody saw coming.

Someone really said "corporate branding is my passion" and went FULL McDonald's with their entire VS Code setup. Every single folder icon has been replaced with those golden arches, turning their file explorer into what looks like a fast food menu from hell. The best part? They're working on a Terraform provider called "mcbroken" (which tracks broken McDonald's ice cream machines, because of COURSE that's a thing that needs infrastructure-as-code). The commitment to the bit is absolutely unhinged - they've got `.github`, `workflows`, `docs`, `examples`, and even `mcbroken` folders ALL sporting that iconic M logo. Someone spent more time customizing their file icons than actually writing code, and honestly? That's the most relatable thing about being a developer. Priorities? Never heard of her. 🍟

Ah, the elegant art of naming variables. This function has achieved peak redundancy with a UUID parameter named uuid of type UUID that returns a UUID containing a UUID with the value uuid. It's like saying "I'd like to order an order of ordered orders, please." The compiler is probably in therapy now.

Imagine creating an entire programming language and then being asked to prove you know how to use it. The sheer audacity of HR making Ken Thompson—the literal father of C—take a C proficiency test is peak corporate bureaucracy. It's like asking Picasso to pass a coloring-within-the-lines test or making Einstein solve basic algebra before letting him work on relativity. "Sorry sir, company policy—everyone needs to demonstrate they can print 'Hello World' before accessing our codebase."

You can write the most elegant, artisanal, hand-crafted code with perfect variable names and comments that read like poetry. You can spend hours refactoring, optimizing, and making everything *just right*. But when the garbage collector shows up, it doesn't care about your feelings or your code aesthetics. It sees memory that needs freeing, and it's taking out the trash—whether that's your beautifully architected object or some janky temp variable you forgot about. Democracy in action: all unused memory is equal in the eyes of the GC.