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1996 Novice: I made the forms work 1996 Webbies: fucking copied that from a forum 2006 Novice: I made it interactive 2006 Webbies: you fucking stackoverflow script kiddie 2016 Novice: I made a nice website 2016 Webbies: ugh, fucking bootstrap? 2026 Novice: I made a thing 2026 Webbies: WTF it AI slop

8/7/26, 6:10 pm5 reposts15 likes

Jeremiah Chronister

@jeremiahchronister.bsky.social

9 July

Same cycle. Every wave of tools gets dismissed by the previous generation until the next one shows up.

rem / Remy Sharp

@remysharp.com

8 July

For a community that is so progressive, we can really shit hard on those people just trying to do a thing. I know I looked down my nose at PHP devs as a Perl dev myself. It just seems to be in our DNA. And it's shitty.

Casper Klenz-Kitenge

@cabgfx.com

8 July

Guilty as charged ✋ Needs stating, nonetheless

Laurie Voss

@seldo.com

9 July

PHP was my first language and I really felt that from Perl devs. I retroactively forgive you 😁