I was a web developer in 2019 building my own office and it never collapsed even once.

If you were a web developer in 2019 building your own office that never collapsed I have to assume that's only up until the last thing you can remember.

May you rest in peace.

2 years uptime without major technology change, is quite amazing in the modern fast paced web dev world ..

They said they were building it. Not that they completed it.

I'm guessing they just left the industry to do something less mentally damaging than web development - perhaps started a spider farm or something.

Well, u can always transform: rotate(X°) in the end ;-)

"You asked about that stick by the side of the house? Yes, it applies a style to the house, keeping it straight. No, don't pull it out! Consequences will be... cascading!"

(I'll see myself out)

And Ctrl-Z if you don't like the results.

I don’t have extensive DIY experience and this joke is sadly lost on me. Why does the slab not work as a reference?

Because slabs are never level or flat. The framers always start with a level and cut to fit that first wall.

Block is generally level, but if they pour it, they don't get very close