Why Brendan Eich Created JavaScript's Quirky Comparisons

Ah, the classic bait and switch! You think you're escaping the CSS nightmares for a life of database queries and API endpoints, but SURPRISE - they want you to know frontend too! It's like applying to be a chef and being told "knife skills preferred." No kidding. The industry's dirty little secret is that "backend developer" actually means "full-stack developer who we're paying backend rates." Next they'll be asking for 5 years React experience for a PostgreSQL position. The circle of developer life continues...

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Nothing says "welcome to programming hell" quite like getting a Stack Overflow link from some smug dev who's clearly enjoying your suffering. You're desperate, your code is broken, and this guy sends you to a 2011 thread where the accepted answer uses jQuery 1.4 and mentions Internet Explorer compatibility. The worst part? That sadistic smile when they know full well the solution hasn't worked since Obama's first term. And yet they'll still hit you with "did you try updating your dependencies?" while mentally adding another victim to their collection.

The eternal lie every "full stack" developer tells themselves before crashing into CSS reality. Sure, you can write beautiful backend architecture that scales to infinity, but ask them to center a div and suddenly they're googling the same Stack Overflow answer for the 47th time. The smile-to-panic pipeline is approximately 0.2 seconds when someone mentions "responsive design" or "cross-browser compatibility." Backend devs masquerading as full stack is the tech industry's greatest magic trick.

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The eternal web dev holy war, SpongeBob style! Patrick innocently asks if CSS is a programming language, only to be shut down by Squidward's technical pedantry that "it's a style sheet language." But Patrick, undeterred by such trivial distinctions, immediately follows up with "Isn't SQL a programming language?" — perfectly capturing how these debates never end. The real joke? The people who get most worked up about these classifications are usually the same ones who can't center a div without StackOverflow. Next up on Patrick's list: "Is HTML a programming language?" *Squidward has left the chat*