Nuclear Chain React

The eternal standoff between designers and programmers has entered the AI era. Designers look horrified when programmers use LLMs to generate UIs, while programmers give the same judgmental side-eye when designers use AI to generate code. It's like watching two people who can't swim criticizing each other's diving form. Neither result will compile correctly, but both sides will spend hours explaining why the other's approach is worse.

Free software advocate Richard Stallman having an existential crisis after learning Windows 11's Start menu is a React Native app that devours CPU cycles. Microsoft really said "let's make clicking a button as resource-intensive as possible" and shipped it anyway. The irony of using a JavaScript framework for a core OS function is just *chef's kiss* perfect. Your 32GB RAM gaming rig struggling to open a menu that MS-DOS could handle with 640K. Progress!

Ever wondered why your laptop fans sound like they're preparing for liftoff? Look no further than your node_modules folder! While your actual code might be a svelte stormtrooper, those dependencies are an absolute unit that would make the Death Star blush. 500 lines of your code somehow requires 500MB of someone else's code. And heaven forbid you run npm install on a weak WiFi connection – you could literally go make a sandwich, watch a Star Wars trilogy, and come back to find it still downloading the "essential" packages needed to center a div.

The JavaScript framework naming convention has officially reached peak confusion. First you're excited about Next.js, thinking you're cutting edge. Then suddenly everyone's talking about Nest.js and you have to pretend you knew the difference all along. By the time you figure that out, Nuxt.js appears and you're completely lost... wait, is it pronounced "nuxt" or "nuked"? And just when you thought you understood, you realize there's ANOTHER framework with practically the same name. At this point, I'm convinced framework creators are just hitting random keys near 'n' on the keyboard and adding ".js" to whatever comes out.

BEHOLD! The most DRAMATIC hierarchy of developer suffering ever witnessed! 💀 While SREs at unicorn startups and embedded engineers at major automakers are mingling at some fancy tech party, our poor web dev hero stands ALONE with his party hat, having just completed the MOST GRUELING task known to mankind — a website for a local mom & pop jewelry store! The sheer AUDACITY of those tech elites to not understand the EMOTIONAL DAMAGE of explaining to Mrs. Jenkins why her nephew's "design ideas" won't work, or the EXISTENTIAL CRISIS of making a carousel that doesn't break on Internet Explorer! The TRAUMA of hearing "can you make the logo bigger" for the 47th time! Neighborhood web devs are the UNSUNG HEROES battling in the trenches of client expectations while the tech elite sip their kombucha in their ergonomic chairs!

Ah yes, the classic client scope creep. First panel: "Make me a portfolio website?" Simple enough, just slap some HTML and CSS together, maybe a touch of JavaScript. Second panel: "Now make me a simple store. How hard can it be?" Suddenly you need React, MySQL, authentication, payment processing, and whatever that circuit diagram is supposed to be. Probably the client's "simple" idea for a recommendation algorithm that "just works like Amazon's but better." It's like asking someone to build a doghouse and then casually requesting they add an infinity pool and home theater while they're at it. Because you know, how hard can it be?