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I Have This Idea And You Are A Developer

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16 hours ago 74.3K views 0 shares

I Have This Idea And You Are A Developer

The five stages of being ambushed with an app idea: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and finally reaching for your beer while contemplating how many "million-dollar ideas" you've heard this month alone. Friends somehow believe coding is just typing random characters until an app appears. Bonus points if they offer "exposure" as payment or say "it's like Uber but for [literally anything]." Most developers have mastered the art of the thousand-yard stare while mentally calculating how many weekends this conversation is about to cost them.

Java Is Not Javascript

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9 days ago 66.3K views 0 shares

Java Is Not Javascript

OH. MY. GOD. The absolute AUDACITY of non-technical people assuming Java and JavaScript are related! 💅 Honey, that's like saying a car and carpet are the same because they both start with "car"! The mental gymnastics required to explain for the 5,000th time that knowing one doesn't magically grant you knowledge of the other is EXHAUSTING! They're completely different languages with different purposes - Java's all "compile once, run anywhere" while JavaScript's like "let's make this button do a little dance when you hover over it, teehee!" And yet here we are, STILL having this conversation in 2023! The trauma! The drama! I literally can't even!

Javascript Is Java On Steroids

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17 days ago 75.7K views 0 shares

Javascript Is Java On Steroids

Nothing screams academic credibility like claiming "JavaScript (or Java)" as if they're interchangeable. That's like saying "A Ferrari (or a bicycle)" is a mode of transportation. The author clearly did their research by checking the "both have Java in the name" box and calling it a day. Next chapter probably explains how HTML is the best programming language and Stack Overflow is just a website about pancakes.