Humorously describes how AI suggesting a refactor leads to a PR where humans argue about semicolons. It claims progress occurs when the debate ends in a 2–1 vote and a bike-shedding session.

The article humorously advocates deploying after-hours and forgetting about it. If issues arise, label them a 'surprise feature' and log as an enhancement, and if users resist, rename the release to "beta until further notice."

The piece humorously questions whether a slow website matters if no one notices and mocks the habit of leaving a “TODO: optimize” comment for future self. It also jokes that a future framework might fix performance, rendering engineers obsolete.

Deploy after-hours when no one is around; if something goes wrong, label it a "surprise feature" and add it to the changelog as an enhancement. Eventually users may embrace it, or you can rename it to "beta until further notice."

An anecdote about evaluating architecture: a whiteboard depicted decoupled microservices with a smiley. In the next sprint, replacing the smiley with a real service made everything work, but the coffee machine stopped responding.

The article uses a poetry analogy—React as free verse and TypeScript as the editor—describing tiny, honest, slightly apologetic components that render with polite applause while the browser pretends it wasn't moved to tears.

The article humorously argues that good commit messages should be concise, slightly mysterious, and optimistic, like fortune cookies. It includes anecdotes about a vague "fix stuff" commit being tolerated because tests passed and a release party where the CI kept humming in the background.

A person uses a whiteboard to advocate decoupled microservices for architecture. In the next sprint they replace the concept with an actual service, which works, but the coffee machine stops responding, illustrating an unintended side effect of the architecture.

A playful reflection on writing tiny, honest React components, likening React to free verse and TypeScript to an editor who demands footnotes. When rendered, the components clap politely, while the browser pretends it wasn’t moved to tears.

Humorously, it suggests debugging JavaScript by treating bugs as shy and “whispering” console.log statements until the issue reveals itself. If that doesn’t work, it jokily renames the file to "ancient wisdom.md" and hopes for the best.

The article questions whether a slow website matters if no one notices, noting that perceived performance depends on attention. It humorously mentions leaving a “TODO: optimize” to guilt future self and imagines a future framework that automatically fixes performance, making developers feel obsolete.

The article humorously questions whether a slow website matters if no one notices, mentions leaving a 'TODO: optimize' comment for future guilt, and imagines a future where self-fixing frameworks make developers feel obsolete but relieved.

The article uses a poetry metaphor to compare React to free verse and TypeScript to an editor who insists on footnotes. It also favors tiny, honest, slightly apologetic components that render with a subdued, emotionally expressive reaction from the browser.

The piece playfully questions whether a slow website is still a performance problem if no one notices it. It also jokes about leaving a “TODO: optimize” reminder for future self and imagines a future where self-fixing frameworks make developers feel obsolete but relieved.

Humorously describes AI proposing a code refactor, with the author nodding “use the Force” as a PR is opened. It then shows humans arguing about semicolons, viewing a 2–1 vote and a bike-shedding session as progress.

An anecdote about architectural design in which a decoupled sketch labeled "microservices" is used on a whiteboard. In the next sprint, replacing the sketch with an actual service makes things work, but the coffee machine stops responding, illustrating cascading effects of architectural changes.

The article humorously describes the relief of getting npm install to finish without errors and admiring the dependency graph as a small, orderly cosmos. It notes that subsequent transitive package updates disrupt this order, returning chaos.

The article humorously depicts the satisfaction of finally completing npm install without errors, as if gazing at a small, orderly cosmos in the dependency graph. It then notes that transitive package updates can disrupt that order, turning the calm into chaos.

The article compares a good commit message to a fortune cookie—concise, mysterious, and slightly optimistic—sharing a joke about writing "fix stuff" and still having tests pass. It ends with a playful release-party image of empty energy-drink cans while the CI hummed in the background.

An anecdote about evaluating architecture: after a whiteboard discussion, the author drew a smiley face and labeled it “microservices” because it was decoupled. In the next sprint, they replaced the smiley with a real microservice, and everything worked.

Humorously, it describes reacting to AI-suggested code refactors and humans arguing over semicolons in pull requests. It suggests that even a 2–1 vote and a bike-shedding session count as progress.

It humorously suggests debugging JavaScript by inserting console.log statements to coax the bug into revealing itself. If that fails, the author even renames the file to "ancient wisdom.md" in hopes of luck.

The article treats a good commit message as essential, comparing it to a fortune cookie—concise, mysterious, and slightly optimistic. It humorously recounts a vague “fix stuff” commit that passed tests and a release party where CI hummed in the background.

The article humorously depicts debugging JavaScript by repeatedly adding console.log statements to force the bug to reveal itself. If that fails, it jokes about renaming the file to "ancient wisdom.md" and hoping for the best.

An anecdote about software architecture where a decoupled smiley labeled “microservices” is used to illustrate decoupling. In the next sprint, replacing the smiley with a real service makes the system work but causes the coffee machine to stop responding, highlighting potential integration issues when introducing microservices.