The Ever Expanding Learning Curve

Content JS factorial.js ... 1 JavaScript expert: 2 No, you cannot use a single identifier in your code. 3 You will get multiple errors about name conflicts. 4 5 const factorial function factorial (factorial, factorial, factorial) 6 7 8 factorialfactorial, factorial:factorialfactorial. factorial? factorial.factorial--factorialfactorialfactorial(factorial):-factorial; 9 10 return factorial factorialfactorial (factorial); 11 12 13 console. log(factorial(...,,7)); 14 15 JavaScript: hold my beer. PROBLEMS OUTPUT DEBUG CONSOLE usrlocalbinnode factorial.js 5040 ProarammerHumor.io TERMINAL

Content How to fix any computer The Oatmeal http:theoatmeal.com Windows Step I. Reboot Did that fix it? No? Proceed to step 2 Step a. Format hard drive. Reinstall Windows. Lose all your files. Quietly weep. Apple Step I. Take it to an Apple store. Did that fix it? No? Proceed to step a Step 2. Buy a new Mac. Overdraw your account. Quietly weep. Linux Step 1. Learn to code in Ct. Recompile the kernel. Build your own microprocessor out of spare silicon you had lying around. Recompile the kernel again. Switch distros. Recompile the kernel again but this time using a CPU powered by refracted light from Saturn. Grow a gant beard. Blame Sun Microsystems. Turn your bedroom into a server closet and spend ten years falling asleep to the sound of whirring fans. Switch distros again. Abandon all hygiene. Write a regular expression that would make other programmers cry blood. Learn to code in Java Recompile the kernel again (but this time while wearing your lucky socks) Did that fix it? No? Proceed to step a n Step a. Revert back to using Windows or a Mac Quietly weep.

The eternal struggle of the contrarian developer! Just like Squidward looking disappointed at that treasure chest, we've all installed some hyped framework or language that everyone raves about, only to stare at our IDE thinking "...this is it?" Whether it's React when you're a Vue person, Rust when you prefer Go, or trying to love TypeScript when you secretly miss the chaos of vanilla JS - that feeling of "am I broken for not enjoying this?" hits hard. The real treasure was the technical debt we accumulated along the way!

Developer: "Goodbye HTML and CSS! I will never suffer again!" *Summons JavaScript monster that promptly beats him with a bat* *JavaScript monster evolves into even more massive React beast* Frontend devs thinking they've escaped the horrors of CSS only to encounter the eldritch terrors of state management, component lifecycle, and prop drilling. The circle of suffering just gets bigger with each framework. It's not escaping pain—it's just upgrading to premium pain with better documentation!

The evolution of function naming clarity across programming languages! The meme shows how the same concept gets progressively mangled: JavaScript: Beautiful, clean promptUserAndCloseProgram() function declaration. Python: Still readable with snake_case prompt_user_and_close_program() . Java: Verbose but understandable public static void promptUserAndCloseProgram() . C++: Complete descent into madness with nStC* pmptusrnclxprg(nStC* stcd) - vowels? Who needs 'em! Readability? Never heard of it! It's the programmer's journey from "I write self-documenting code" to "I'll remember what this does" to "what the heck did I write last week?"

This meme is hitting JavaScript developers right where it hurts! The title "Array.reverse Have Sealed Your Fate Brendan Eich" is a direct callout to the creator of JavaScript himself. The cardinal sin being mocked here is writing methods that mutate the original array AND return the same instance - like our beloved villain Array.reverse() . It's the programming equivalent of changing someone's furniture around while they're in the bathroom and then gaslighting them about it. Pure functions? Never heard of her. These mutating methods are why senior devs wake up in cold sweats at 3 AM screaming "IMMUTABILITY!" before checking their git history. Even God himself (or at least a cartoon deity with an impressive beard) has reserved a special place in programmer hell for the perpetrators. Not just regular hell - the boiler room. Where they'll probably be forced to debug Internet Explorer compatibility issues for eternity.