Local developer Rick Spellman was perusing the Perl code of a back-of-house cataloguing application used by the Accounting department. While muttering lines of code aloud, a gust of wind extinguished the carefully lain candles spread throughout the room. Reading the next line aloud 3 times, because it's complex, re-lit the candles. The next time the developer cussed, approximately 5 seconds later, the daemon Beelzebub appeared from a cloud of smoke.
When asked why the daemon Beelzebub appeared, Spellman remarked, "If I had to guess, I think the regex had a summoning spell embedded in it. Though in hindsight it probably wasn't a good idea to wear my black robe to the office today. And I did sacrifice that goat yesterday. I guess the buffer time on a sacrifice is pretty long."
When reached for comment, the daemon Beelzebub replied, "I'm so glad Perl isn't a common programming language anymore. The early 90s were horrible. I was always being summoned at the worst times during the dotcom boom. Dinner time, shower time, halfway through sexy time. Jokes on me though, this is what I get for giving humanity Perl. The sooner every Perl app gets migrated to a newer language, the better. I gave you Claude Code for a reason damnit."
After realizing such an embarrassing mistake had occurred, the two parted ways. Spellman continued to peruse the codebase, while the daemon Beelzebub reaped the souls of unsuspecting victims before returning to the fires of hell.