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I had read a blog post that I only vaguely remember, that I had thought was written by Yegge, but when I looked for it I was unable to find it. If anyone can re
by PowerfulWizard 8y ago
I had read a blog post that I only vaguely remember, that I had thought was written by Yegge, but when I looked for it I was unable to find it. If anyone can recall the title, who wrote it, or where it was written, I'd like to know.
As I recall it was a story form analogy to a software project going from poor planning, to rapid growth, to a deathmarch. It was in the form of some builders talking over a pint, describing a building as it had happened in the past. It was built in a swamp, but they had decided to make it on floating platforms to compensate, as they had heard that was possible. As it grew it became more unstable, so they continued to add more platforms. And magically giant marshmallows started to appear. And the only way to get rid of them was to eat them. As time went on, more and more marshmallows were appearing, and the builders where turning on each other and accusing the others of not eating their fair share. I don't recall how it ended...
- default-kramer 8y agoJust searching for "marshmallow" on the Yegge-dex found it: http://steve-yegge.blogspot.com/2007/06/that-old-marshmallow-maze-spell.html http://steve-yegge.blogspot.com/2007/06/that-old-marshmallow... And now that you mentioned it, I remember reading it years ago too. Really good one.
- PowerfulWizard 8y agoThank you, it was my false assumption that I had ruled out Yegge writing it that prevented me from finding it.