I Am An Indie Hacker

Rejecting frontend work? Reasonable. Avoiding backend tasks? Understandable. But the weekend? That's the sacred runtime environment where all my personal processes finally execute without interruption. No standup meetings, no Jira tickets, just me and my neglected side projects that will definitely get finished this time. Definitely.

The tech world's perfect standoff. Backend devs hide in their server rooms to avoid the horror of centering a div, while frontend folks break into cold sweats at the mere mention of a JOIN statement. The grass is always greener on the side where you don't have to learn the thing that makes you uncomfortable. Meanwhile, full-stack developers sit in the corner, twitching uncontrollably.

The absolute madlad who hard-codes their API keys directly into the front-end JavaScript where anyone can see it with a quick inspect element. Security? What's that? Just a suggestion, like speed limits and code comments. Nothing says "I trust the internet" like broadcasting your AWS credentials to every single visitor. Next level: storing passwords in plaintext because "hashing is just extra work."

The classic highway exit meme strikes again! Here we have the lone developer of a side project making that sharp right turn away from actually finishing a working MVP. Instead, they're veering off into the abyss of "what if I add this one more feature" and "maybe I should refactor this entire section for the fifth time." Let's be honest - we've all got at least three half-finished GitHub repos that started with grand ambitions. You know, the ones where commit messages gradually evolve from "Initial commit" to "Fixed minor bug" to "WHY ISN'T THIS WORKING" before finally reaching "Last commit before abandonment (2019)." The road to production is paved with the corpses of hobby projects that died because we just had to implement that custom authentication system instead of using Auth0 like a normal person.

The ABSOLUTE TRAGEDY of JavaScript development! 😱 You're literally stepping on a rake and SMACKING yourself in the face every five minutes! Meanwhile, TypeScript developers are doing professional-grade skateboard tricks like they were BORN on a half-pipe! Sure, JavaScript lets you code with the wild abandon of a caffeinated toddler at a candy store, but TypeScript is over there preventing runtime errors like it's getting PAID PER SAVE. The difference is so dramatic it's practically a Broadway musical waiting to happen! 💅

The expectation vs. reality of CSS color names! Three menacing dragons labeled "red", "green", and "blue" look absolutely terrifying, while the fourth one labeled "grey" is derping out with its tongue sticking out. Meanwhile, "darkred", "darkgreen", "darkblue", and "darkgrey" are just slightly more saturated versions of the same colors. Frontend devs know the pain of trying to explain to clients why "lightsalmon" and "papayawhip" are legitimate color options but we can't just have a sensible naming convention. Thanks W3C, very cool.