Distracted By The Shiny New Runtime

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Distracted By The Shiny New Runtime

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OH. MY. GOD. The absolute BETRAYAL of every developer's existence captured in one image! 😱 Your current project is literally a Jenga tower on the verge of collapse, held together by duct tape and prayers, and what does your wandering eye do? Falls hopelessly in love with that seductive new JavaScript runtime with its cute little face and promises of "better performance" and "revolutionary features." MEANWHILE, your actual responsibility is about to CRASH AND BURN spectacularly! We've all been there, abandoning our fragile code architecture to chase the next shiny framework that will supposedly solve all our problems. Spoiler alert: IT WON'T! But will that stop us from doing it again next week? ABSOLUTELY NOT! 💅

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