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"The path of the righteous programmer is beset on all sides by the inequities of the clueless and the tyranny of evil project managers. Blessed is he, who in th

by edw519 16y ago

"The path of the righteous programmer is beset on all sides by the inequities of the clueless and the tyranny of evil project managers. Blessed is he, who in the name of achievement and solid technology, shepherds the users through the valley of ineptitude, for he is truly his customer's keeper and the finder of lost solutions. And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who would attempt to deploy without testing. And you will know my name is zedshaw when I lay my software upon thee."

DevX101 16y ago
But...Zed's dead.
- cachemoney 16y ago
  Can't be a religion without a good ol'fashioned resurrection.
  - grandpa 16y ago
    Zed is for Zombie.
    - IsaacSchlueter 16y ago
      We're not using the Zed word.
      - rmoriz 16y ago
        Whose motorcycle is this?
        jaybol 16y ago
        It's a chopper baby
        mortenjorck 16y ago
        Is this the part where someone reassures me HN isn't turning into Reddit?
        Groxx 16y ago
        Yes. HN != Reddit. Motherfucker.
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- geovedi 16y ago
  o'rly? i thought he lives forever.
darushimo 16y ago
that's a quote from Johnny Mnemonic, right? ;)
- btilly 16y ago
  Watch http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRVm_TAE24A http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRVm_TAE24A and the context will be explained.
  - darushimo 16y ago
    Ah, i meant that as a good-humored poke at Zed's "slightly" over-the-top site... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Op40ndRaaOY#t=05m31s http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Op40ndRaaOY#t=05m31s :)
delineal 16y ago
This reminded me of the Tao of Programming that I first read in 1991: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tao_of_Programming http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tao_of_Programming
- gaius 16y ago
  It is what Nietzsche was talking about when he referred to "superfluous teleological principles" in Beyond Good and Evil, published in 1886.
  - fogus 16y ago
    No, but it is the will to mother-fucking power.
michaelty 16y ago
Perfect! Just needs a good picture to go with it.
usejoy 16y ago
It's fucking job motafukaz. Scrum scrotum over-manage. There is one solution for your mental programing motafukaz. Get a foking pussy. Then iterate. Regularly. Real programerz like to be functional. GTD. Then get beer. Then code.
- usejoy 16y ago
  Downwote it, quick. I want this thing buried. It hurts me bad.
grishick 16y ago
this is the best comment on the whole thread

by edw519 16y ago

DevX101 16y ago

But...Zed's dead.

cachemoney 16y ago
Can't be a religion without a good ol'fashioned resurrection.
- grandpa 16y ago
  Zed is for Zombie.
  - IsaacSchlueter 16y ago
    We're not using the Zed word.
    - rmoriz 16y ago
      Whose motorcycle is this?
      - jaybol 16y ago
        It's a chopper baby
        mortenjorck 16y ago
        Is this the part where someone reassures me HN isn't turning into Reddit?
        Groxx 16y ago
        Yes. HN != Reddit. Motherfucker.
        deleted 16y ago
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geovedi 16y ago
o'rly? i thought he lives forever.

darushimo 16y ago

that's a quote from Johnny Mnemonic, right? ;)

btilly 16y ago
Watch http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRVm_TAE24A http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRVm_TAE24A and the context will be explained.
- darushimo 16y ago
  Ah, i meant that as a good-humored poke at Zed's "slightly" over-the-top site... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Op40ndRaaOY#t=05m31s http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Op40ndRaaOY#t=05m31s :)

delineal 16y ago

This reminded me of the Tao of Programming that I first read in 1991: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tao_of_Programming http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tao_of_Programming

gaius 16y ago
It is what Nietzsche was talking about when he referred to "superfluous teleological principles" in Beyond Good and Evil, published in 1886.
- fogus 16y ago
  No, but it is the will to mother-fucking power.

michaelty 16y ago

Perfect! Just needs a good picture to go with it.

usejoy 16y ago

It's fucking job motafukaz. Scrum scrotum over-manage. There is one solution for your mental programing motafukaz. Get a foking pussy. Then iterate. Regularly. Real programerz like to be functional. GTD. Then get beer. Then code.

usejoy 16y ago
Downwote it, quick. I want this thing buried. It hurts me bad.

grishick 16y ago

this is the best comment on the whole thread