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This looks like it went viral _because_ it was entirely fictional, not in spite of it. Everyone seems in on the joke.

buran77 5y ago
Except The Register, unless their article is the meta-joke: > We’ve also seen reports that Infinidash has a role in the Internet of Things. >> Just did it out first integration of IoT Kettle Manager -> AWS Infinidash -> Firehose. At scale, can now boil the ocean on demand with full observability! Of course there will be the ones who are taken by the hype and stop short of actually caring about what that is beyond "buzzword tech". But the examples chosen for the article are the joke.
- egypturnash 5y ago
  *New mystery AWS product 'Infinidash' goes viral — despite being entirely fictional* Reg chats to developer whose joke that mere mention of a new prod would appear in job ads came true and spawned books, songs, forks, cryptocoin, and more - the title and strapline of the article you are quoting
  - buran77 5y ago
    I'm not saying The Register doesn't know the tech is a joke, just that they don't seem to realize everyone else knows too and they're in on it. The article takes some people's obviously humorous quotes as evidence that they're falling for the scam. So even an obviously remark like "can now boil the ocean on demand with full observability!" is taken seriously as "reports that Infinidash has a role in the Internet of Things".
arkitaip 5y ago
The industry is already recruiting senior Infinidash Engineers, demanding 5 years of expertise.
- Cthulhu_ 5y ago
  Do you have a link? Like, are they hiring unironically?
  - igorhvr 5y ago
    AFAIK folks are adding this as a joke. Example: https://web.archive.org/web/20210705124241/https://jobs.lever.co/signal/2a5fee8b-5875-46d4-a41d-773a28a6b553 https://web.archive.org/web/20210705124241/https://jobs.leve...
    - pvsnp 5y ago
      Haha > Must include considerable time spent within the Infinidash lifecycle (OpenDash acceptable). Infinidash is at the core of everything we do. Why yes, I have exactly this skill set
      - chrisseaton 5y ago
        Are they not worried about people seeing the joke requirement in the job spec, just not being aware of the current Twitter joke of the day, and discounting themselves?
        admax88q 5y ago
        This is an archive.org link, presumably they have changed it back.
        im3w1l 5y ago
        It's still there.
        hnbad 5y ago
        No, it's selecting candidates who are aware of the current Twitter joke of the day. They're either unaware of how small that bubble is or accepting of the monoculture this promotes.
hn_throwaway_99 5y ago
Exactly. The title seems to imply "Hey, look how gullible people can be that even a non-existent product can go 'viral'", but all of the examples are people "pushing" it to go viral to see how far they can't take it. Maybe I'm a curmudgeon in my old age, but the whole thing seems pretty lame to me.

Except The Register, unless their article is the meta-joke: > We’ve also seen reports that Infinidash has a role in the Internet of Things. >> Just did it out first integration of IoT Kettle Manager -> AWS Infinidash -> Firehose. At scale, can now boil the ocean on demand with full observability! Of course there will be the ones who are taken by the hype and stop short of actually caring about what that is beyond "buzzword tech". But the examples chosen for the article are the joke.

egypturnash 5y ago
*New mystery AWS product 'Infinidash' goes viral — despite being entirely fictional* Reg chats to developer whose joke that mere mention of a new prod would appear in job ads came true and spawned books, songs, forks, cryptocoin, and more - the title and strapline of the article you are quoting
- buran77 5y ago
  I'm not saying The Register doesn't know the tech is a joke, just that they don't seem to realize everyone else knows too and they're in on it. The article takes some people's obviously humorous quotes as evidence that they're falling for the scam. So even an obviously remark like "can now boil the ocean on demand with full observability!" is taken seriously as "reports that Infinidash has a role in the Internet of Things".

arkitaip 5y ago

The industry is already recruiting senior Infinidash Engineers, demanding 5 years of expertise.

Cthulhu_ 5y ago
Do you have a link? Like, are they hiring unironically?
- igorhvr 5y ago
  AFAIK folks are adding this as a joke. Example: https://web.archive.org/web/20210705124241/https://jobs.lever.co/signal/2a5fee8b-5875-46d4-a41d-773a28a6b553 https://web.archive.org/web/20210705124241/https://jobs.leve...
  - pvsnp 5y ago
    Haha > Must include considerable time spent within the Infinidash lifecycle (OpenDash acceptable). Infinidash is at the core of everything we do. Why yes, I have exactly this skill set
    - chrisseaton 5y ago
      Are they not worried about people seeing the joke requirement in the job spec, just not being aware of the current Twitter joke of the day, and discounting themselves?
      - admax88q 5y ago
        This is an archive.org link, presumably they have changed it back.
        im3w1l 5y ago
        It's still there.
      - hnbad 5y ago
        No, it's selecting candidates who are aware of the current Twitter joke of the day. They're either unaware of how small that bubble is or accepting of the monoculture this promotes.

hn_throwaway_99 5y ago

Exactly. The title seems to imply "Hey, look how gullible people can be that even a non-existent product can go 'viral'", but all of the examples are people "pushing" it to go viral to see how far they can't take it. Maybe I'm a curmudgeon in my old age, but the whole thing seems pretty lame to me.