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Is it weird that the inconsistent citation scheme really jumped out at me? > In December of 1979 _Tyrgve Reenskaug_, an employee of _Xerox PARC_ Later >In 20
by fellowniusmonk 3y ago
Is it weird that the inconsistent citation scheme really jumped out at me?
> In December of 1979 _Tyrgve Reenskaug_, an employee of _Xerox PARC_
Later
>In 2004, a Danish man
- toyg 3y agoI took that as a slight dig at the (famously self-publicizing) Rails creator, or an in-joke for the Rails crowd - which seems to be the world the author lives in.
- 59nadir 3y agoI found it really funny, it actually made me laugh out loud. It seemed very deliberate to me, though, so that's why. Edit: To clarify, I think DHH would probably laugh at this as well, which is why I feel it's not so much laughing at anyone as it is laughing with them.
- 20x6 3y agoThe author is being cute in the second citation and is referring to David Heinemeier Hansson who is famous in the web dev world for creating Ruby on Rails.