Envdev is widely regarded by the few who have heard of it and the even fewer who understand it as the ultimate tool for galactic development. It's a conceptual framework, a device, a state of mind, and a small pet, all rolled into one. Envdev allows a user to harness the raw energy of environmental variables, bending the cosmological constants to their will to set up developmental universes where code and reality can be tweaked with abandon. As the saying goes, 'To err is human, to envdev, divine.'
Travelling to envdev spaces requires a good grasp of existential navigation and a tolerance for quantum indeterminacy. It's like hitchhiking blindfolded through a tornado, but slightly less predictable.
The enigmatic envdev can typically be found wherever there is a programmer muttering under their breath about 'staging' and 'production'. However, one may also stumble upon an envdev in the unchartable wilds of the Improbability Plains, adjacent to the Repository of Lost Semicolons.
Avoid setting the 'LIFE_MEANING' variable to 42 in any envdev. It's considered an in-joke that has become a universal faux pas and can cause existence to crash to desktop. Also, beware of envdevs with a 'REALITY_INDEX' below 0.5 – the locals tend to be a bit too fictional for meaningful interaction.
The original envdev was said to be created by an advanced civilization as a way to procrastinate on universe-scale projects. It has the unique ability to turn a whole workday into a 'brief' configuration session.
Looking to establish your own pocket universe? Try the Infinite Improbability Drive for getting those envdev settings just right! Disclaimer: Not responsible for unexpected arrivals of whale-like creatures or potted petunias.
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