This meme humorously captures the common experience of developers and engineers when starting a new project. The top panel, "New project idea," shows an optimistic developer, often represented by a simplified "rage comic" style face, believing a project will be quick and easy ("it will only take 2 days").
The presence of the VS Code (Visual Studio Code) logo implies a software development context. The bottom panel, "1 month later," then reveals the harsh reality: a tangled, complex mess of wires and hardware, symbolizing the unforeseen challenges, debugging nightmares, and scope creep that often extend project timelines far beyond initial estimates. It's a widely relatable piece of humor for anyone in a technical field who has underestimated a project's complexity.