The Four Horsemen Of Programmer Perception

Content Most people rejected His message. RECURSION AND REGEX AREN'T HARD. YOU JUST LACK FORMAL EDUCATION Shut up! They hated Jesus because He told them the truth. Gal. 4:16

Content Me: Applied for Java developer. HR recruiter: So how long you work with javascript? Me:

Content It is recommended that all numbers in a database are stored as varchars. We can still cast the varchars or strings to numbers if we need to, using Python or JavaScript as shown in Chapter 3 Analytics.

Content time traveler: sneezes the timeline: JavaScript

Ah, the apocalyptic quartet of syntax that makes developers question their career choices! Double equals comparing to true is like wearing socks with sandals - technically works but why would you do that? Just use the boolean directly! The null check with ?? that shows up uninvited in every codebase like that one relative at family gatherings who keeps asking why you're still single. Double exclamation marks on booleans - because apparently one wasn't dramatic enough to convert values to boolean. It's the coding equivalent of saying "REALLY REALLY" to emphasize your point. And that empty for loop with just a semicolon? Pure chaos. The kind of code that makes senior devs develop eye twitches during code reviews. These four horsemen don't just signal the end of readable code - they're the reason why Stack Overflow exists.

Content me chaining a .filter and map function in javascript You know, I'm something of a functional programmer myself