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Ironically, you seem to have forgotten that "hack" is also a synonym for "kludge" -- long before programmers started referring to themselves as hackers as a ter
by thaumaturgy 16y ago
Ironically, you seem to have forgotten that "hack" is also a synonym for "kludge" -- long before programmers started referring to themselves as hackers as a term of pride and endearment, many writers were referred to as "hacks".
I don't see any problem with referring to using a documented workaround as a "hack" in that context.
- eli 16y agoBut that's my point -- it's not a hack OR a kludge OR a workaround. It is the straightforward and recommended way of doing something. Twitter didn't kill RSS, they just stopped advertising it to end users.