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When Full Stack Was Just Web Development

7 days ago 83.2K views 0 shares

Remember when frontend devs were ABSOLUTE UNITS?! Left side shows the GODLIKE SPECIMEN that was 2010 frontend developers - supporting Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari, Opera, AND Chrome while making JavaScript OPTIONAL like some kind of superhuman masochist. Meanwhile, 2025 frontend devs are literally CRYING because users won't just download Chrome like the pathetic little browser-monogamists they've become. The absolute COLLAPSE of frontend resilience is the greatest tragedy of our time. *dramatic sob*

Bugs Never Sleep

Programming Webdev Debugging

9 days ago 57.4K views 0 shares

Sleep is just a myth in our industry, like documentation that's actually up-to-date or clients who know what they want. The handle @ipv4fan is just *chef's kiss* - clinging to IPv4 like the rest of us cling to caffeine at 2 AM debugging sessions. You know you've made it as a developer when your sleep tracker app files a missing person report. The real 10x engineers aren't the ones who code faster - they're the ones who've evolved beyond the need for REM sleep.

The Browser Redemption Arc

Microsoft Webdev Programming Frontend

10 days ago 82.5K views 0 shares

The formal Bugs Bunny announcement meme perfectly captures the moment Microsoft finally admitted defeat with Internet Explorer and rebuilt Edge on Chromium. After years of being the browser developers loved to hate, Edge transformed from zero to hero overnight. The ultimate redemption arc that left Internet Explorer alone at the bottom of the browser hierarchy—a digital eulogy that basically says "we've found a new worst browser to mock." Pour one out for IE, it died so Edge could finally render CSS correctly.

Accidentally Launched Microsoft Edge

Microsoft Webdev Windows

11 days ago 58.9K views 0 shares

Microsoft Edge is basically the digital equivalent of that clingy ex who refuses to accept it's over. The meme shows the Edge logo photoshopped onto a character emerging from imprisonment, screaming "After ten thousand years, I'm free!" - which is exactly what Edge does every time you accidentally click its icon. Windows keeps it buried deep in the system, just waiting for that misclick so it can launch itself, set itself as default, and remind you about "better battery performance" like some desperate used car salesman. The only thing missing is Edge asking if you've thought about its feelings lately.

Don't Give The Browser Hope Like That

Microsoft Webdev Windows Programming Frontend

19 days ago 79.2K views 0 shares

The eternal Edge vs. Chrome battle strikes again! Microsoft Edge is portrayed as a desperate entity trapped for millennia, only to be accidentally summoned by your misclick. That split second when you hit the wrong icon and Edge bursts forth like an ancient being finally escaping its prison—complete with maniacal laughter and excessive enthusiasm. What makes this extra painful is that Edge is actually decent now (it's Chromium-based!), but developers still treat it like that weird cousin nobody wants to talk to at family gatherings. The desperate "I'M FREE!" energy perfectly captures how Edge feels when it finally gets a chance to convince you it's not Internet Explorer in disguise.

It's All Webviews? Always Has Been

Webdev React Javascript Programming Frontend

27 days ago 95.9K views 0 shares

Ah, the classic "astronaut with a gun" meme takes on web development! The poor soul just realized everything in modern frontend is basically glorified webviews and HTML wrappers. Electron apps, PWAs, React Native... we spent years learning fancy frameworks only to discover we're still just pushing divs around a screen. The Internet Explorer astronaut knows the truth - no matter how many shiny new logos we slap on it, we're all just writing HTML with extra steps. The circle of web dev life continues!

Will It Ever End?

Webdev Microsoft Windows Programming Frontend

1 month ago 79.1K views 0 shares

The AUDACITY of Microsoft to keep Internet Explorer on life support through Edge's "IE mode" is the tech equivalent of your ex refusing to delete your number! Web developers thought they'd finally escaped the nightmare of IE compatibility, only to find it lurking in Edge like that horror movie villain who JUST. WON'T. DIE. The look of pure trauma on developers' faces when a client says "But it needs to work in IE mode" is absolutely priceless. We've moved from writing code to writing therapy journal entries about our browser PTSD!

After Some Years I No Longer Care Tbh

Webdev Microsoft Windows Javascript Programming

1 month ago 90.3K views 0 shares

First day as a web developer: *IDE shows Internet Explorer compatibility error* "MY GOD THE SITE IS BROKEN!" Five years later: *same error appears* "Anyway..." The career progression of a frontend dev can be measured precisely by how dead inside you become when IE throws another tantrum. Eventually you just develop that thousand-yard stare and keep coding.

The Only Purpose Internet Explorer Serves

Microsoft Webdev Windows Frontend

2 months ago 77.5K views 0 shares

The Only Purpose Internet Explorer Serves

Internet Explorer's sole purpose in life has been reduced to downloading other browsers. The little blue 'e' desperately seeks validation—"Hey does anyone need me?"—only to be met with cold rejection. But then! A glimmer of hope when someone finally needs it... just to download Firefox. The circle of browser life continues. The only time IE gets any attention is when you've formatted your PC and need something—ANYTHING—to download Chrome, Firefox, or literally any other browser. It's like being the ladder that helps someone climb up, only to be kicked away immediately after.

The Legacy Browser Waterloo

Webdev Microsoft Windows Javascript Debugging

2 months ago 121.2K views 0 shares

That moment when your client emails a biblical scroll of "bugs" they found while using Internet Explorer 6 on their Windows XP fossil. Like Napoleon here, you're just staring into the abyss contemplating your life choices. What am I supposed to do? Build a time machine? The browser was discontinued in 2022 for a reason. No amount of CSS hacks or polyfills will save that trainwreck. But you'll still spend three days trying to fix it because the client pays your bills. Meanwhile, Chrome and Firefox users are having zero issues with your perfectly standards-compliant code.

Safari Is The New Internet Explorer

Frontend Webdev Apple Javascript Programming

2 months ago 139.5K views 0 shares

Ah, the browser engine family portrait! Two fierce, intimidating dragons (Chromium and Gecko) looking ready to burn your CPU to ashes, and then there's Apple's WebKit... the derpy cousin with its tongue hanging out who still can't figure out how to implement basic web standards from 2015. Frontend developers have nightmares about Safari the same way they used to about IE. "But it works in EVERY browser!" *tests in Safari* "...except that one." Nothing says "I hate web developers" quite like forcing your proprietary browser engine on the entire iOS ecosystem while it struggles with features Chrome and Firefox implemented during the Obama administration. The circle of life: Internet Explorer dies, Safari steps up to become the new browser that makes developers question their career choices.

The CSS Treasure Curse

Frontend Webdev Javascript

2 months ago 127.1K views 1 shares

Frontend developers looking at CSS like it's some mystical treasure that will solve all their layout problems. Then they actually try to center a div vertically and suddenly that treasure turns into a cursed object. The face of regret in the third panel is the universal expression of someone who just realized they need to support Internet Explorer.

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