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Because frequently Easter eggs are frowned upon at large companies and I suppose developers may still be trying to sneak them in by obfuscation. So this linter

Because frequently Easter eggs are frowned upon at large companies and I suppose developers may still be trying to sneak them in by obfuscation. So this linter is trying to catch those cases

BoorishBears 4y ago
Realistically this would be the best way to get your easter egg caught. Unicode escape characters in comments will draw most people's eyes immediately, it just doesn't look natural. Instead write the easter egg in completely plain sight attached to a boring change, make sure the PR is passing CI on the first try, and a reviewer will skim for exactly .5 seconds before replying "LGTM!".
- JTbane 4y ago
  For better effect, put the easter egg in a file and directory starting with "z" so it appears last in the pull request.
  - marcosdumay 4y ago
    zlib-interface: contains functions for displaying the author's name.
  - BoorishBears 4y ago
    People usually scroll straight down, so their eyes will dwell on the last contents Just past the fold at the top, but out of view from the bottom, would be the ideal place
MereInterest 4y ago
Historically, Easter eggs were implemented as a way of having a verifiable resume. To reduce employee bargaining power, companies didn't include developer names in software credits. So even if you worked on project X, even if you designed and wrote the entire program as was common at the time, the developer didn't have any proof they could use on their resume. But, if you sneak in an Easter Egg, especially one that displays your name, you could use that as proof. So, given the antagonistic relationship in which Easter Eggs originated, I'm not surprised that large companies would continue that antagonistic relationship. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter_egg_(media)#Origin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter_egg_(media)#Origin
- eesmith 4y ago
  Your source points out while the term "Easter egg" was coined to describe a circumstance you mentioned, the concept is older, and used for circumstances other than what you described.
  - jjeaff 4y ago
    And we all know that the first and original use of a word is the only correct use of the word.
- bitwize 4y ago
  In Japan, game companies forbade programmers from putting their real names in their games. It was an anti-poaching move, the studios didn't want their programmers hired out from under them. So the game programmers put aliases in instead. Hence why you see such strange names in games like Yu2, Nakazoo, Faw, S.Miyahon (who is actually Shigeru Miyamoto), etc.
- kabdib 4y ago
  I stuck difficult-to-find easter eggs in my game cartridges precisely because I wanted to prove that I'd written them. The eggs are not spectacular, nor do they subtract from the player experience. It was just signing my name, when I wasn't allowed to. https://kotaku.com/donkey-kong-easter-egg-discovered-26-years-later-5307375 https://kotaku.com/donkey-kong-easter-egg-discovered-26-year...

Because frequently Easter eggs are frowned upon at large companies and I suppose developers may still be trying to sneak them in by obfuscation. So this linter is trying to catch those cases

BoorishBears 4y ago

Realistically this would be the best way to get your easter egg caught. Unicode escape characters in comments will draw most people's eyes immediately, it just doesn't look natural. Instead write the easter egg in completely plain sight attached to a boring change, make sure the PR is passing CI on the first try, and a reviewer will skim for exactly .5 seconds before replying "LGTM!".

JTbane 4y ago
For better effect, put the easter egg in a file and directory starting with "z" so it appears last in the pull request.
- marcosdumay 4y ago
  zlib-interface: contains functions for displaying the author's name.
- BoorishBears 4y ago
  People usually scroll straight down, so their eyes will dwell on the last contents Just past the fold at the top, but out of view from the bottom, would be the ideal place

MereInterest 4y ago

Historically, Easter eggs were implemented as a way of having a verifiable resume. To reduce employee bargaining power, companies didn't include developer names in software credits. So even if you worked on project X, even if you designed and wrote the entire program as was common at the time, the developer didn't have any proof they could use on their resume. But, if you sneak in an Easter Egg, especially one that displays your name, you could use that as proof. So, given the antagonistic relationship in which Easter Eggs originated, I'm not surprised that large companies would continue that antagonistic relationship. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter_egg_(media)#Origin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter_egg_(media)#Origin

eesmith 4y ago
Your source points out while the term "Easter egg" was coined to describe a circumstance you mentioned, the concept is older, and used for circumstances other than what you described.
- jjeaff 4y ago
  And we all know that the first and original use of a word is the only correct use of the word.
bitwize 4y ago
In Japan, game companies forbade programmers from putting their real names in their games. It was an anti-poaching move, the studios didn't want their programmers hired out from under them. So the game programmers put aliases in instead. Hence why you see such strange names in games like Yu2, Nakazoo, Faw, S.Miyahon (who is actually Shigeru Miyamoto), etc.
kabdib 4y ago
I stuck difficult-to-find easter eggs in my game cartridges precisely because I wanted to prove that I'd written them. The eggs are not spectacular, nor do they subtract from the player experience. It was just signing my name, when I wasn't allowed to. https://kotaku.com/donkey-kong-easter-egg-discovered-26-years-later-5307375 https://kotaku.com/donkey-kong-easter-egg-discovered-26-year...