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Now Which One Of You Wrote This Library

React Webdev Javascript Programming Frontend

13 days ago 122.4K views 0 shares

Now Which One Of You Wrote This Library

Found in the wild depths of npm: a package called "react-buttplug" that connects React to... well, exactly what you think. The description "Here there be WASM" is the cherry on top of this cursed sundae. The fact that someone spent actual development hours creating a React provider for Buttplug.io (a real "intimate hardware" API) and then published it with that name is peak developer humor. Five years later and zero dependents - shocking absolutely no one. This is what happens when you tell developers "you can build anything" without adding "but please don't."

When Your Spotify Plays Java Instead Of Metal

Java Programming

1 month ago 102.6K views 0 shares

When Your Spotify Plays Java Instead Of Metal

When your music app suddenly starts playing Java code instead of power metal. Nothing gets you pumped for coding like hearing "package it.nanowar.ofsteel.helloworld" blasted through your headphones at full volume. The hilarious part? That constructor parameter "foo" is exactly what I feel like after 12 hours of debugging someone else's legacy code. At least the runtime is only 3:21 - shorter than most compile errors I've seen.

Name Hijacking

Programming Webdev Javascript

5 months ago 149.4K views 0 shares

Name Hijacking

Ah, the eternal naming struggle! Developers spend hours crafting beautiful, SEO-friendly project names only to throw it all away for CoffeeTable , Banana , or Mongoose . We'll meticulously plan architecture diagrams but then name our main function doStuff() . The marketing team weeps while we gleefully commit our fifth project named after kitchen appliances. And don't get me started on package names - nothing says "professional software" like depending on left-pad and is-even .