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I dunno about monastic programming getting a lot of takers. Don't forget that there's usually a vow of poverty involved; fully loaded Macbook Pros or decked ou
by ThrowawayR2 4y ago
I dunno about monastic programming getting a lot of takers. Don't forget that there's usually a vow of poverty involved; fully loaded Macbook Pros or decked out 16 core Threadripper workstations are not part of the picture.
- pvillano 4y agoSome software can be written on a raspberry pi. Truly accessible software should be able to run on anything, for example, government web sites. Someone on here developed a site that a homeless person was able to submit a form using a PSP.
- BeFlatXIII 4y agoHowever, a communal Mac Pro may be part of the infrastructure. It's a vow of individual poverty, but that doesn't mean the monastery itself does not contain riches that its monks have access to but do not privately own.
- ticviking 4y agoThe vow of poverty tends to mean not accumulating real estate or a retirement account. The tools of a trade and other personal necessities are allowed. Different monasteries enforce this different ways
- bardan 4y agoI'm imagining it more like the work suckless do. Simplicity, beauty. Multiple cores are an extravagance.