Hah, I think you're right—my first impression of "maker" is that it's just a bit too "wholesome". "Hacker" also has deep historic ties and, as used in "Hacker N

Hah, I think you're right—my first impression of "maker" is that it's just a bit too "wholesome". "Hacker" also has deep historic ties and, as used in "Hacker News", it's a bit of a programmer shibboleth, which is not necessarily a bad thing. If anything, there's something romantic about having a group identity that's so radically misunderstood by the mainstream world...