The Black Hole Called Node_modules

Content Why do many people choose computer science as a major? Terry Lambert Follow Physicist, Mathematician, Computer scientist Dec 3 A lot of them do it because they think they will get a big payday, work 9-5, and be able to buy a jetski and a trophy spouse, a dog, and 2.5 kids. These people generally fail to get their payday. For others, it's a driving compulsion to be "god over the little box under the desk" These people can be moderately successful, but they tend to be just as obsessive in other parts of their life, and so they self-sabotage. And other people do it because "it's their calling", and the have the proper attributes, like a very large short term memory, a knack for problem solving, a knack for seeing things as a system built up from discrete components, are good with languages, particularly punning, such that computer languages come easy to them. These aren't all the attributes, but these people tend to be highly successful. 74.9K views View 280 upvotes View 1 share Answer requested by Roeen

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The dictionary definition we all feared but never admitted. Turns out "full stack" just means you've successfully convinced HR you can fumble your way through both sides of the application. It's that special talent of being equally mediocre at everything instead of exceptionally bad at just one thing. Job security through diversified incompetence.

The programming language family portrait is absolute gold! C is clearly the dignified patriarch, while his rebellious son JavaScript is going through that punk phase we all pretend never happened. Meanwhile, C# is the well-behaved child who still gets good grades despite being raised by Microsoft. Java sits there looking completely normal and mainstream (just like its enterprise usage), while PHP awkwardly exists as the kid nobody talks about at family reunions. Objective-C is that cousin who's slowly being forgotten since Swift came along, and Lisp is just happy to be included despite being ancient. The best part? They're all dysfunctional yet somehow related—just like actual programming language inheritance!

Ah, the duality of Firefox users. Some folks are out here fighting the good fight against Manifest V3 (Google's API changes that cripple ad blockers), while others just picked their browser because of the adorable red panda logo. Nothing says "I have my priorities straight" like choosing your web security tools based on cute animal mascots. The Chrome users are probably too busy watching their RAM slowly die to notice anyway.

Content The recursive centaur: half horse, half recursive centaur