Open the Gate for a New App

NEW APP IDEA AHEAD!! OPEN THE GATE IT'S FROM A FRIEND. HE HAS NO BUDGET CLOSE THE GATE WE HAVE RAN OUT OF IDEAS FOR SIDE PROJECTS OPEN THE GATE A LITTLE

A six-panel comic shows guards operating a medieval gate while a messenger announces a new app idea, then reveals that the idea comes from a friend with no budget. The gate is closed because the guards have run out of ideas for side projects, but they open it slightly when asked. The joke satirizes programmers’ enthusiasm for side projects that disappears when there is no money or when their creative energy is exhausted.

• @profunctor_io / 5832 2020-11-19