The Quintessential JavaScript Developer Starter Pack
Description
A 'starter pack' meme that satirizes the stereotypes associated with modern JavaScript developers. The image is titled '"Javascript developer" starter pack' and displays a grid of nine items. These include: a high-end Apple computer (Mac Pro), a mechanical keyboard with expensive custom keycaps, the Visual Studio Code editor icon described as resource-intensive, a large espresso machine, a grid of emojis with a caption about using them everywhere including git commits, the Twitter logo for tweeting tips, an image of someone pouring excessive oil symbolizing a project that takes an hour to open, and a galaxy projector lamp. The meme humorously critiques the perceived culture around JavaScript development, focusing on expensive aesthetics, resource-heavy tools, and specific lifestyle choices, contrasting with the actual work of programming
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The JavaScript starter pack is missing one key item: a second monitor dedicated entirely to the webpack build progress bar
Nothing like a $12k Mac Pro, $300 novelty keycaps, and VS Code reserving 32 GB just to lint a five-line CSS tweak - plenty of time to pull a third espresso and live-tweet the CI queue with 🦄🔥 emojis before the dev server finally hot-reloads
The same developer who spent $6k on their setup will spend 3 hours arguing why a 2KB library is too heavy for production
The real JavaScript developer starter pack is missing the most critical component: a second monitor dedicated solely to displaying 'npm install' progress bars, Stack Overflow tabs for debugging webpack configs, and a terminal window showing your React app's 47-second hot reload cycle. The espresso machine isn't for productivity - it's for staying awake during the nightly ritual of updating dependencies that inevitably break your entire build pipeline at 2 AM
JS starter pack: Premium Mac for npm installs that benchmark slower than your legacy mainframe, but hey, those custom keycaps make 'yarn add lodash' feel artisanal
When the project open step outlasts a schema migration, npm is reconciling semver ranges, compiling optional native modules (hi, bcrypt), and running postinstall scripts - just so Electron can syntax-highlight the emoji in your commit
JS dev starter pack: Mac Pro to run an Electron editor, cafe-grade espresso to survive npm install, and emoji-only commits - so when the monorepo needs an hour to boot and a transitive dep goes rogue, the incident report still looks ✨
I'm java script developer and this is literally my setup Comment deleted
I need an explanation for "Never forget this" Comment deleted
I saw this meme few years ago here and had the same question iirc someone told " it might be a night lamp(I don't remember the name but that was something like that,you turn the lights out and turn this thing on and some light map is drawn on the ceiling of your room) like the patterns that gobos make " Comment deleted
exactly this Comment deleted
okay but why JS devs need it (or have it), what's the meme Comment deleted
the plastic thing in the middle spins and there's a light shining through it from the bottom, creating a light pattern on the ceiling. usually they play some kind of music too. Comment deleted
I am senior js-dev and only coffee and apple (private, on work I use windows). Comment deleted
like these gobo light mapping Comment deleted
What's bad about VS code? Comment deleted
Built on top of web technologies IIRC Electron So it's also chromium based, and therefore, a resource hog Comment deleted
Tho, I'd think "Resource hoe" is most correct in this case. Comment deleted
VS Code may run on Electron, but it's so efficient, it makes other IDEs look like they're still loading their splash screens. For example Eclipse: it's the IDE where you not only have time to make coffee, but also to grow the coffee beans. Comment deleted
Yeah, true if you compare to the most bloated IDEs It's really lightweight for an IDE, and resourceful at that Comment deleted
what the fuck are you on, I want some of that shit Comment deleted
open kate and tell me that's slower Comment deleted
with a knife? Comment deleted
what? Comment deleted
open Kate (as person) with knife Comment deleted
ah no please don't do that Comment deleted
i wont Comment deleted
phew! but yes, it'd most likely be faster than opening vscode Comment deleted
hmmmm Comment deleted
That awkward moment when I read your comment as "open Kate and tell me what's slower" at first. 🙄 Comment deleted
Aren’t those for rust enthusiast? Comment deleted
Expresso Comment deleted
Python is a Bash for running libraries written in C, C++, and Fortran. Comment deleted
true but I'd rather my editor didn't use a third of my avaliable RAM. that's already java's job Comment deleted
16 but that was just a guess earlier, I don't have vscode installed rn Comment deleted
sublime is good too, yeah Comment deleted
…the minecraft launcher? Comment deleted
I was just about to post this lol Comment deleted
it opens a terminal as a child process and tracks its activity. But isn't it the same thing that most IDE do as well? Comment deleted