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You’re a Real JavaScript Developer Only If...

Hadil Ben Abdallah on October 16, 2025

Some people say you become a real developer when you build your first app. JavaScript developers know that’s not true. You become a real JavaScript...
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Reid Burton

I managed everything but == and === confusion, I've used === for the entirety of my js "career"

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Reid Burton

Also, I have done worse than console.log("test");, I've managed to put a json array with more than 300 objects in the log before, and I only found it 3 months later.

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Hadil Ben Abdallah

Haha oh wow, logging a 300-object JSON, that’s legendary! 😂
And honestly, props for being loyal to === from day one, most of us had to learn that lesson the hard way.

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shemith mohanan

Haha this list hit a little too close to home 😂
Especially “used map, filter, and reduce in one line just to feel powerful” — guilty!
It’s amazing how JavaScript turns everyday debugging pain into an art form.
Loved this — feels like a rite of passage for every dev who’s broken production at least once 🙌

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Hadil Ben Abdallah

Haha right?! 😂
That line got me too, there’s something oddly satisfying about chaining them all together even when you know you shouldn’t.
Glad it resonated with you 😍

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Aida Said

This is funny 😅 I am officially a real JavaScript developer

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Hadil Ben Abdallah

That's great 😍

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Neurolov AI

This is gold 😂 Every line hits home from console.log therapy sessions to the eternal “how to center a div” battle. Perfect mix of humor and truth that every JS dev can relate to.

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Hadil Ben Abdallah

Thank you so much 😍 So glad you like it 😅

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Nenad Mitrovic

Hillarious. Best of, for me:

  • You’ve fought with CORS and lost.
  • You’ve built a simple landing page but ended up configuring Webpack.

😂😂😂

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Hadil Ben Abdallah

So glad you liked it 😍😅

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Bishop Abraham

Installing a package to use one line of code and loosing a one-on-one battle against cors is so real 😂

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Hadil Ben Abdallah

Absolutely 😅

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Ben Abdallah Hanadi

This is so true 😅

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Hadil Ben Abdallah

Yeah 😅

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Ben Abdallah Hanadi

👏👏👏👏

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Hadil Ben Abdallah

😍😍

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Theodora Cristea

I like the post! 🥰🤗 So officially I'm a JavaScript developer!😂🤗

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Hadil Ben Abdallah

That's amazing 😍 Congratulations 🥳

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Yalda Khoshpey

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

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Hadil Ben Abdallah

😍😍

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Naur

only truess!!

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Hadil Ben Abdallah

Yeah 😅

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member_3d2e8190

lol

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Sylwia Laskowska

If this were a bingo game, I’d totally win! 😀