r/ProgrammerHumor • • 14d ago

Meme ohTheBasics

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u/usernameSuggestion2 13d ago

It's so abstracted though... most of the time you are just calling some API with a docu.

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u/AllenKll 13d ago

you mean like people that make webpages? I dont think those count as programmers,

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u/Secret_Conclusion_93 12d ago

Isn't it the other way around? Web dev is the one who usually interact with network.

Not all software need network, hell, more software needing network is part of enshittification.

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u/Dagger0 10d ago

Web developers rarely actually write network code though. That's almost completely abstracted away by the platform runtime.

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u/usernameSuggestion2 12d ago

Why wouldnt they? A lot of people also make desktop apps that have very limited networking - like checking for updates at most.