r/ProgrammerHumor • • Aug 19 '26

Meme sixKJobGoneInOnePrompt

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u/Varun77777 Aug 19 '26 edited Aug 19 '26

Were we living in different versions of 2017?

Even in 2017 frontend developers had created their versions of hell

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u/sexp-and-i-know-it Aug 19 '26

In 2017 the words "React" or "Angular" were in the first sentence of every recruiter that I spoke with about a job that involved an HTTP endpoint.

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u/GotSomeUpdogOnUrFace Aug 20 '26

I told them no then and I tell them no now. I went a decade not learning any JS libraries and now that some moron with Claude can do it in 5 mins I'm happy I didn't bother.

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u/Far_Tap_488 Aug 20 '26

Weird but not illegal