Hello World Still Compiling

Unpacking...\nSelecting previously unselected package...\nPreparing to unpack...\nUnpacking...\nSetting up...

A laptop screen shows a terminal endlessly installing and unpacking software packages, with the command-line output continuing throughout the 21.8-second clip. The joke is that a supposedly simple “hello world” frontend app takes an absurdly long time to compile, parodying heavy modern JavaScript tooling and dependency bloat.

• @gentoomemes / 987 2022-09-26