Get out of the box sometimes

Little boxes on the Laptop,
Little boxes made of Javascript stacks,
Little boxes on the Laptop,
Little boxes all the same.
There's a green one and a pink one
And a blue one and a yellow one,
And they're all made out of Javascript stacks
And they all look just the same.

And the developers in the industry
All went to the IDEs,
Where they were put in boxes
And they came out all the same,
And there's devOps and Rubyers,
And micro services,
And they're all made out of Javascript stacks
And they all look just the same.

And they all play on the GitHub
And drink their Kool-aids dry,
And they all have pretty syntax
And the syntax go to HackNews,
And the syntax get approval stamp
And then to the IDEs,
Where they are put in boxes
And they come out all the same.

And the bros go into business
And marry and raise a VC round
In boxes made of Javascript stacks
And they all look just the same.
There's a green one and a pink one
And a blue one and a yellow one,
And they're all made out of Javascript stacks
And they all look just the same.

Happy Friday everyone!

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