The Duality Of Developer Existence

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Content JF Bastien ifbastien The fastest programming language is clearly "c" because that's the speed of light and nothing can even approach it. 02:30 71020 Twitter Web App 226 Retweets and comments 1,321 Likes

Ah, the evolution of databases in one SQL statement. This dev is basically saying "forget all those fancy PostgreSQL data types – just give me an ID and a JSON blob and I'll figure out the rest." It's the database equivalent of saying "I don't need a fancy toolbox, just give me duct tape and WD-40." What's hilarious is this is literally how MongoDB was born – "schemas are too restrictive, just throw everything in a document!" Now we've come full circle with PostgreSQL's JSONB type, letting relational database purists secretly use NoSQL patterns while still feeling superior. It's like wearing a MongoDB t-shirt under your Oracle business suit.

Content DOCTORS IN MEDICAL FIELDS DOCTORS OF COMPUTER SCIENCE GOOGLING THINGS THEY DON'T REMEMBER ABOUT THEIR FIELD

Finally, a technical diagram that's actually accurate! The internet isn't some magical series of tubes - it's a precarious tower of hacks built on the backs of sleep-deprived C developers and powered by cat photos. Love how the foundation is literally just "ELECTRICITY" with Linus Torvalds somehow holding it all together. And that breakdown of internet traffic? 50% cats, 25% games, 20% scams, 4% Rust devs being smug, and a measly 1% actual knowledge. Sounds about right. My favorite part is "web dev sabotaging myself" - nothing like spending 6 hours debugging only to find you misspelled a variable. Meanwhile, unpaid open-source developers are literally holding up the entire structure while AWS collects the check. Next time someone asks me to explain how the internet works, I'm just sending them this instead of giving my usual "it's complicated" speech.

Content Me, an engineer at a startup Facebook, a multi billion dollar company