Dev's slangy commit message 'api key ui very nice' becomes a self-own screenshot
itsOmSarraf_ · x · 2026-10-30
Developer Om Sarraf shared a self-deprecating screenshot: while insisting for the second time that "this isn't a college project," his commit message read "api key ui very nice" — casual slang he typed during a call and later apologized for. The contrast made it a memorable dev-culture moment he keeps coming back to.
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