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Bah, you think you were confused? I thought it was about toasting, as in with drinks. (Yeah sure, "Are Bad UX" -- but since when is "Cheers!" a software metapho

Bah, you think you were confused? I thought it was about toasting, as in with drinks. (Yeah sure, "Are Bad UX" -- but since when is "Cheers!" a software metaphor? Weird AF.)

hunter2_ 2y ago
Seems like it could live among these: > We currently demand that users internalize several metaphors when interacting with Homebrew. These include: > Formula (how to build a bit of software) > Bottle (pre-built software) > Cask (pre-built software on macOS) > Tap (a collection of software) > Keg (where software installs itself) > Cellar (where all my software install themselves) > As well as an additional number of less-common metaphors that contributors and maintainers need to know, like Rack, Tab, and Formulary. https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/issues/10798 https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/issues/10798
- xyst 2y ago
  the brew creator was just really into beer crafting. I probably do the same with some of my passion projects without realizing it
- zahlman 2y ago
  It seems like they put a lot of effort into trying to create a coherent extended metaphor, yet it doesn't make any sense. You create a tap by putting bottles and casks together, and then it puts itself into a keg? Your own cellar is a prototype for someone else's keg?
- akerr 2y ago
  The Homebrew nouns are one thing. It’s the verbs that trip me up: update/upgrade is different to everything else on the Mac but at least is familiar to me from Debian but then I mix up list, info, show etc.