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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Javascript DeveloperHumor Frontend DeveloperMemes Vscode JavaScriptEcosystem Apple Git TechTwitter

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Anonymous ★ Top Pick The JavaScript starter pack is missing one key item: a second monitor dedicated entirely to the webpack build progress bar

Anonymous ★ Top Pick

The JavaScript starter pack is missing one key item: a second monitor dedicated entirely to the webpack build progress bar
Anonymous

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
Anonymous

The same developer who spent $6k on their setup will spend 3 hours arguing why a 2KB library is too heavy for production
Anonymous

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
Anonymous

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
Anonymous

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
Anonymous

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 ✨
@yuriikovalets 2y

I'm java script developer and this is literally my setup
@zaspirin 2y

I need an explanation for "Never forget this"
1. @callofvoid0 2y
  
  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 "
  
  @RiedleroD 2y
  
  exactly this
  
  @zaspirin 2y
  
  okay but why JS devs need it (or have it), what's the meme
2. @RiedleroD 2y
  
  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.
@realVitShadyTV 2y

I am senior js-dev and only coffee and apple (private, on work I use windows).
@callofvoid0 2y

like these gobo light mapping
Deleted Account 2y

What's bad about VS code?
1. @kandiesky 2y
  
  Built on top of web technologies IIRC Electron So it's also chromium based, and therefore, a resource hog
  
  @kandiesky 2y
  
  Tho, I'd think "Resource hoe" is most correct in this case.
  
  @Araalith 2y
  
  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.
  
  @kandiesky 2y
  
  Yeah, true if you compare to the most bloated IDEs It's really lightweight for an IDE, and resourceful at that
  
  @RiedleroD 2y
  
  what the fuck are you on, I want some of that shit
  
  @RiedleroD 2y
  
  open kate and tell me that's slower
  
  @sylfn 2y
  
  with a knife?
  
  @RiedleroD 2y
  
  what?
  
  @sylfn 2y
  
  open Kate (as person) with knife
  
  @RiedleroD 2y
  
  ah no please don't do that
  
  @sylfn 2y
  
  i wont
  
  @RiedleroD 2y
  
  phew! but yes, it'd most likely be faster than opening vscode
  
  @callofvoid0 2y
  
  hmmmm
  
  @SamsonovAnton 2y
  
  That awkward moment when I read your comment as "open Kate and tell me what's slower" at first. 🙄
dev_meme 2y

Aren’t those for rust enthusiast?
@svolokh 2y

Expresso
@Araalith 2y

Python is a Bash for running libraries written in C, C++, and Fortran.
@RiedleroD 2y

true but I'd rather my editor didn't use a third of my avaliable RAM. that's already java's job
@RiedleroD 2y

16 but that was just a guess earlier, I don't have vscode installed rn
@RiedleroD 2y

sublime is good too, yeah
@RiedleroD 2y

…the minecraft launcher?
@JManray 2y

I was just about to post this lol
@azizhakberdiev 2y

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?

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