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(Very) OT: I would hazard a guess the striking phrase in the title originates (indirectly if not intentionally by the author) from "Slough of Despond" in The Pi
by mellosouls 3y ago
(Very) OT: I would hazard a guess the striking phrase in the title originates (indirectly if not intentionally by the author) from "Slough of Despond" in The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slough_of_Despond https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slough_of_Despond
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/131 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/131
- WJW 3y agoOh I thought it was referencing the SaaS "ramp of death" from https://baremetrics.com/blog/long-slow-saas-ramp-of-death https://baremetrics.com/blog/long-slow-saas-ramp-of-death. Shows how much interpretations can change based on what you've already heard of I guess. :)
- Vagantem 3y agoAnd to add on to this, here is where I got the image in the blog post :) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=173261 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=173261