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The modern JavaScript ecosystem in its full glory! Someone actually created an entire npm package that does nothing but check if a number equals 13. That's it. That's the whole package. The reaction face says it all - that perfect mix of disappointment and existential dread when you realize people are installing a dependency with its own dependencies just to replace x === 13 . And the best part? This isn't even a joke. There are thousands of these micro-packages clogging up the JavaScript ecosystem. Next week: "left-pad-but-only-on-tuesdays" with 3 million weekly downloads.

The programmer community's version of relationship advice is about as reliable as a Windows ME machine connected to public WiFi. That "hide your $3000 GPU from your wife" joke might get you upvotes, but it's the same energy as keeping production secrets in plaintext. Healthy relationships don't need version control to hide your commit history. Meanwhile, the single devs nodding along are the same ones who think they can fix merge conflicts by ignoring them. Trust me, after 15 years in tech, the only thing that should be hidden is your terrible code, not your hobbies.