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The sweet, fleeting moment when you think you might actually complete a project on time... and then the product owner swoops in with their "small features" that are actually massive scope changes. That expression shift from "I'm about to accomplish something" to "my weekend is canceled" happens faster than a production server crashes after pushing untested code. Those "quick calls" are where dreams go to die. And somehow those "couple small features" always multiply like rabbits with a caffeine addiction.

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The evolution of a developer's copy-paste technique is like watching someone level up in a video game. First, you're a noob using the mouse like some kind of digital caveman. Then you graduate to the basic keyboard shortcuts. But the true enlightenment? Spamming Ctrl+C multiple times because you've been burned too many times by clipboard failures. Nothing says "I've been traumatized by lost code" quite like hitting Ctrl+C five times in rapid succession. It's not paranoia if the clipboard really is out to get you.