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> the industry grew up and people started to take things more seriously. Really? Goofy codenames for projects (Bionic Beaver, etc), the sign of a 'serious' p
by cat199 7y ago
> the industry grew up and people started to take things more seriously.
Really?
Goofy codenames for projects (Bionic Beaver, etc),
the sign of a 'serious' project is having a cartoon mascot,
'open source' people relying on closed/proprietary things
like slack, macOS, etc. instead of open/libre alternatives,
1 page github READMEs and API docs as 'documentation' but
having a youtube channel full of 'howto' videos instead
there is probably an equal amount of goofyness/immaturity and
seriousness then as now - it just manifests differently
- chrisseaton 7y ago> Really? The programming language industry, yes. There was a marked shift towards simplicity away from silly whimsy. The extreme example is Go.