Programmer-as-archaeologist meme: digging through code history to find Carl's ruins and evil Paul's damage

zetalyrae · x · 2026-11-11

A viral AI-circle meme likens being a programmer to being a historian examining architectural sites of past civilizations: soil records show a nobleman named Carl did good work 4 years ago, but 2 years ago an evil fool named Paul began undoing Carl's efforts. A pointed joke about inheriting codebases and destructive refactors.

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