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So you're telling me that accessing an array with a negative index in JavaScript not only works but actually adds a property to the array? And then when you check the array, it shows you this cursed -1: 4 sitting there like it belongs? The bell curve perfectly captures the JavaScript experience: beginners think it's ridiculous (correct), experts also think it's ridiculous (also correct), but the middle crowd has Stockholm syndrome and will defend it with their lives. "It makes sense bro, everything in JS is an object!" Yeah, and that's exactly the problem. JavaScript treats arrays like objects because they are objects, so test[-1] = 4 is just adding a property named "-1" to your array object. It's technically in the spec, which somehow makes it worse.

Content Ben Halpern bendhalpern Sometimes when I'm writing Javascript I want to throw up my hands and say "this is bullshit!" but I can never remember what "this" refers to

Ah yes, the classic pagination system that absolutely nobody uses. Those suspiciously precise version numbers masquerading as page numbers? That's what happens when the backend developer is also in charge of UI design. Nine decimal places of precision for page numbers is exactly what users need! And that "Go" button? It's just sitting there, judging your life choices, knowing damn well nobody's typing "page 3.023809523809" in that input field. This is what happens when you ask for "pagination" in the requirements doc without specifying further details. The developer technically delivered what was asked for... just with the UX sensibilities of a calculator.

Content ME TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON IN ALL THOSE COMPLEX DEFINITIONS MADE IN NEW "PROGRAMMER FRIENDLY" LANGUAGES. type ParseWhereClauseT TrimT extends " ? where: BooleanLiteraltrue :TrimT extends "WHERE finfer Where!' ? ParseExpressionWhere extends infer Exp, infer RO ? Exp extends Expression ? where: MergeExp ParseLimitClauseRO :never : never :where: BooleanLiteraltrue ParseLimitClauseTrimT

Oh the BETRAYAL! The blue character is proudly showing off JavaScript as their favorite language, only to be EXPOSED for the chaotic monster it truly is! JavaScript's infamous string concatenation turns "11" + 1 into "111" (because strings eat numbers for breakfast), but then has the AUDACITY to make "11" - 1 equal 10 (suddenly remembering it can do math). The white character's dead-inside expression says it all—we've been living this type coercion nightmare since 1995! The gremlin peeking from the JavaScript box is the language's true form—a chaotic gremlin that LIVES to confuse developers with its inconsistent type handling. It's not a bug, it's a "feature"! 💀

In this parallel universe, everything's just slightly... off. VScode has gone green, React's lost its atom, Rust is having an identity crisis with those dollar signs, PHP actually looks cool, GitHub's fox is on fire, Ubuntu's gone minimal, JavaScript is... well, still JavaScript (some constants across all universes), and that blue creature is what happens when you let Go's mascot hang out with npm for too long. It's like someone described our tech stack to an AI from 2010 and said "just wing it." The multiverse of tech madness where your pull requests would probably create black holes.