The Package Manager Betrayal

The eternal developer quest: finding the perfect library! You start all excited about solving your problem, then you find something promising that checks all your boxes. But wait—the GitHub repo's last commit was during the Obama administration, and the only response to "Is this still maintained?" is tumbleweeds blowing across the issue tracker. That moment when you realize you've built your entire architecture on digital quicksand... and now you get to explain to your boss why you need another sprint to replace a "perfectly good solution" that's secretly held together with duct tape and prayers.

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Finally, a gardener who understands CSS! The tree has position: relative (it's staying put), the branches have display: none (they've been chopped off), and the leaves are position: absolute; bottom: 0px (stubbornly growing only at the base). It's what happens when you let a frontend developer loose with pruning shears. Nature doesn't stand a chance against someone who's spent years fighting with flexbox.