Async await Memes

From writing a simple three-line function to importing an entire AI SDK just to check if a string starts with a capital letter. The evolution of developer laziness is truly magnificent. The 2022 version is straightforward: check if the string has length, then compare the first character to its uppercase version. Done. Ship it. But fast forward to 2027, and we're apparently so burnt out that we need Claude (with 5 MILLION tokens and "ultramaxmegathink" mode, because regular thinking is for peasants) to solve basic string manipulation. The best part? After all that elaborate prompt engineering where you gaslight the AI into thinking it's a "capitalization expert" who's been "studying capitalization for years," you still have to parse the response, trim it, convert to lowercase, and check if it equals 'true'. So you've replaced str[0] === str[0].toUpperCase() with approximately 20 lines of async API calls, error handling nightmares, and a monthly bill that could fund a small startup. The "thinking: 'ultramaxmegathink'" parameter is the cherry on top—because apparently even AI needs to be told to think REALLY hard about whether 'A' is uppercase.