Reproducibility Memes

The eternal developer defense mechanism: "It works on my machine." Sure, your unique configuration of 17 Chrome extensions, that one specific Node version, and the blood sacrifice you made to the compiler gods made it work. But unless you're planning to ship your entire laptop with the product, that's not exactly helpful. The seasoned developer on the right knows better—reproducible steps are the difference between solving a problem and just bragging about your magical computer.

The ETERNAL BATTLE of software development in three panels! First, we have the developer smugly declaring their code works on their machine—as if their laptop is some magical unicorn with special powers. Then the product manager DESTROYS their entire existence with the brutal reality check that customers won't be getting their precious developer machine. And finally, the developer's character development arc completes when they reluctantly accept they need to provide actual reproducible steps instead of shrugging and saying "it doesn't work" like some kind of code detective dropout. The struggle is REAL and the pain is IMMEASURABLE! Docker containers were literally invented because of this exact conversation happening 10 million times per day!