> I hired a junior "dev" who literally hadn't even completed an HTML course. I m...

adamtaylor_13 · 2026-03-03T02:33:19 1772505199

Ha. Yeah, that's a sloppy example. My point was that he wasn't even a "junior" insofar as he didn't even really know what development looks like.

cyberpunk · 2026-03-01T20:58:35 1772398715

25 years doing distributed systems and best i can offer anyone is

<marquee><h1><blink> welcome to cyberpunk’s j33t website!!!

:) :)

rsynnott · 2026-03-01T21:31:35 1772400695

Fun thing about that:

> Netscape has stipulated removal of the <marquee> element from the Internet Explorer during an HTML ERB meeting in February 1996, as a condition to removing the <blink> element from the Netscape

It's like nuclear disarmament treaties, but for annoying things.

cyberpunk · 2026-03-01T21:51:17 1772401877

Damn, my elite frontend skills are 30 years out of date?

Better stick to apis then I guess.