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Callback hell was real, especially if you worked on projects that decided to join the node.js bandwagon in its early days. Then promises happened. https://twit

• mikewhy 9y ago
  Why post a contrived meme as an example? Especially one with a sane solution[1] just below. [1]: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B4W2AmaCAAA-heo.png https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B4W2AmaCAAA-heo.png
  • sah2ed 9y ago
    It's an exaggeration, yes, but it does correctly summarize how I felt when I had to work with node.js code bases before stuff like promises became mainstream.
    • andreime 9y ago
      An exaggeration could be written for any language. A decent programmer would not write code like the one you showcased as an example for callback hell. This https://docs.spring.io/spring/docs/2.5.x/javadoc-api/org/springframework/aop/framework/AbstractSingletonProxyFactoryBean.html https://docs.spring.io/spring/docs/2.5.x/javadoc-api/org/spr... is not an exaggeration and I still would not use it to showcase how I felt when I had to work with Java developers.