They're Called Users

Content hey remember that migration script you tested? I'm trying to sleep now shut up brain yeah well that was your ssh session on prod

The eternal cosmic joke of programming! Your code doesn't work? You spend HOURS debugging, questioning your entire existence, wondering if you should've become a sheep farmer instead. Then suddenly—IT WORKS! But instead of celebrating, you're sitting there, squinting suspiciously at your screen, utterly OFFENDED that it's functioning without explanation! THE AUDACITY of code to work mysteriously is the greatest betrayal known to developer-kind. No closure. No answers. Just the haunting question that will follow you into your dreams: WHY???

Left: an energetic, wide-eyed cat with a raised tail, ready for chaos. Right: the same cat, now dead inside, staring at a laptop like it contains all of life's disappointments. That's the perfect visualization of what happens when you transition from "I'm gonna write amazing code!" to "Fine, I'll test if this function returns null when I pass it an empty string for the 47th time." The soul-crushing reality of ensuring your code doesn't explode when some user inevitably types "null;DROP TABLE users;--" into the name field.

Nothing quite like that brief moment of smooth sailing when you copy-paste some StackOverflow magic into your dirt road of a codebase. Sure, it works... right up until you hit that pothole where your requirements differ slightly from the original question. Then it's back to the bumpy gravel path of debugging your own janky solutions. The real tragedy? Six months from now you'll have completely forgotten which parts you wrote and which parts came from that random post with 47 upvotes. Future you is gonna have a hell of a time figuring out why there's suddenly a perfectly paved section in your otherwise chaotic code desert.

Oh, the classic "test in production" approach! This meme perfectly captures that moment when you skip all those boring unit tests and QA environments because you're feeling dangerously confident . Why waste time testing locally when your users can do it for you? Nothing says "I trust my code" like finding out about bugs through angry customer emails! It's basically Russian roulette but with your job security! 😂

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