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Adult Lego: The Software Engineering Truth

open source npm dependencies Software engineering Imposter syndrome Software development Frameworks Libraries Code reuse Standing on shoulders of giants

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Adult Lego: The Software Engineering Truth

open-source-memes, dependencies-memes, npm-memes, libraries-memes, frameworks-memes | ProgrammerHumor.io

Standing on the shoulders of giants... while pretending you're levitating. The entire software industry is just us importing someone else's npm package, adding three lines of code, and then strutting around like we've invented electricity. Meanwhile, the real heroes who solved P=NP are buried in some GitHub repo with 2 stars. The best part? We all know it, yet tomorrow we'll npm install another solution and feel like technological wizards for implementing a toggle button.

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