Web Sockets Are Hard

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Web Sockets Are Hard

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BEHOLD! The magnificent tragedy of WebSocket development! Your computer, a delicate damsel in distress, desperately trying to connect to the outside world while your firewall, the overzealous knight in shining armor, is LITERALLY BLOCKING CONNECTIONS FROM YOUR OWN MACHINE! The sheer audacity! It's like having a bodyguard who won't let you leave your own house because "the outside world is dangerous" — and then you realize IT'S THE SAME DAMN COMPUTER making both decisions! The digital equivalent of slapping yourself in the face and then wondering why it hurts! 💀

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