The Monkey's Paw Of Image Formats

Education: "Plagiarism is unacceptable!" Programmers: "I found this on Stack Overflow" = "I have achieved innovation." The sacred ritual of copying code and pretending you didn't is basically the unofficial programmer handshake. Your professor would fail you for copying an essay, but your tech lead will silently judge you for not stealing that sorting algorithm. Why reinvent the wheel when someone else's wheel has 457 upvotes and works in production?

Ah, the classic bait and switch! You think you're escaping the CSS nightmares for a life of database queries and API endpoints, but SURPRISE - they want you to know frontend too! It's like applying to be a chef and being told "knife skills preferred." No kidding. The industry's dirty little secret is that "backend developer" actually means "full-stack developer who we're paying backend rates." Next they'll be asking for 5 years React experience for a PostgreSQL position. The circle of developer life continues...

The ultimate punishment isn't solitary confinement—it's forced JavaScript training! Finnish prison rehabilitation just got real with the judge sentencing criminals to two years of callback hell, prototype inheritance, and "undefined is not a function" errors. The prisoner's face says it all: that moment when you realize your crime only warranted a misdemeanor but somehow you're getting punished with learning hoisting and closures. At least in regular prison you just break rocks instead of trying to figure out why this keeps changing context. The real torture? Waiting for npm packages to install on prison wifi.

MongoDB's marketing team really nailed their priorities here. Forget trivial things like your compensation, burnout, or work-life balance - the only legacy that matters is knowing their database is "web scale." For the uninitiated, "web scale" became a tech buzzword after a famous parody video where a MongoDB enthusiast repeatedly screams "it's web scale!" while a MySQL user questions what that actually means. The phrase became shorthand for "sounds impressive but possibly meaningless tech jargon." Nothing says "I've made it in tech" quite like remembering marketing slogans instead of your actual life experiences. Your therapist would have a field day with this one.

This Terminator-inspired meme perfectly captures the holy war between backend developers. The Terminator asks if the kid's mom is a backend developer, then drops the nuclear bomb: "JavaScript is the best language for backend." The mom agrees enthusiastically, confirming her technical heresy. The Terminator's final line—announcing the kid's foster parents are dead—is basically how Node.js developers get treated at serious backend engineering conferences. Nothing says "your bloodline is weak and history will forget you" quite like suggesting JavaScript belongs on a server.

The evolution of getting help as a developer! First we had Reddit calling our questions "stupid," then Stack Overflow dismissing everything as "off-topic," and now ChatGPT responding with "that's a very good question" to even the most ridiculous requests like "how to prevent screenshots of my website." Finally, a digital assistant that doesn't make us feel like complete idiots for not knowing something! It's the therapy we never knew we needed after years of Stack Overflow PTSD. Breaking generational trauma one suspiciously positive response at a time.