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This is the software engineering version of "I am very badass", passing judgement on software at the cutting edge of science, while sitting at home writing React code.

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In football journalism they call that Monday Morning Quarterbacking.

In any kind of aggressive manly kind of story, especially involving the military, they're "Keyboard Cowboys".

Or some new ones I've heard kicked around:

- Gravy Seals - 101st Chairborn - Chair Force pilots

...And so on...

You're mixing up terms here. Gravy seals is an insult term, used for typically out of shape people who are heavy into gun/militia/i-am-very-badass type culture.

The latter two are just ribbing jokes about the Air Force, from the other branches usually. My old (Army) boss used to tell me to 'take off your air force gloves' if he ever saw me with my hands in my pockets.

Not having served (but I did help out on Operation Code for a couple years):

"Chair Force" does sound like something they would say about armchair generals. No?

Absolutely. Just pointing out that one is strictly a pejorative, while the others would likely be viewed as 'someone in the airforce.' I think OP was wanting things more of the former, like gravy seals, meal team six, y'all queda, etc.

I like y'all queda!

I am a React developer and I am in this picture and I don't like it

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