Principle Stash — That One Coworker Who Can't Unplug

October 9, 2026Remix

The classic couple-in-bed meme. A woman looks at her partner and thinks, “I bet he's thinking about other women”. The man faces away, thinking, “Why do I lint on save and again in pre-commit and again in CI and again when the PR merges?” — That One Coworker Who Can't Unplug

Appears in Where Does Software Engineering Go From Here? (Part 2)

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Her thought — “I bet he’s thinking about other women”

His thought — “Why do I lint on save and again in pre-commit and again in CI and again when the PR merges?”